Aaron Beasley
Aaron Bruce Beasley is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for nine seasons in the National Football League. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, earning consensus All-American honors in 1995. He was selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.
Early life
Beasley was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pottstown Senior High School in 1991, and attended Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, for a fifth preparatory year.College career
Beasley attended West Virginia University, where he was a three-year starter for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team at cornerback. In the 1994 season, Beasley led the nation with ten interceptions—also a WVU single-season record, had an interception in six consecutive games during the season. He also had a career-high three interceptions against the Virginia Tech Hokies. He finished 1994 with 57 tackles, a then school-record eighteen deflected passes, and three tackles for a loss. In 1995, Beasley was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and was a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist. He was also a first-team All-Big East Conference selection and semifinalist for the Big East Defensive Player of the Year Award. He finished his college career with nineteen interceptions, three of which he returned for touchdowns, and 143 tackles.Beasley was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 2009