Abdul Beecham

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-3
Weight:
320
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Cibolo, Texas
High School:
Judson
Prev School:
Blinn College

CAREER: A big offensive lineman who played in 33 career games with 29 starts at guard.

2018: Played in all 12 games with 11 starts... Part of an offensive line that helped the Wildcats finished third in the Big 12 by averaging 182.6 rushing yards per game, which included a 184.2-yard average in conference games to rank second... Helped the Wildcat rushing attack average 208.6 yards and 2.3 rushing touchdowns per game in the final seven contests after averaging 146.2 yards and 0.8 rushing touchdowns in the first five... Paved the way for running back Alex Barnes, who was the Big 12 rushing champion with 1,355 yards and 12 touchdowns.

2017: Started all 13 games at left guard... Helped the Wildcats tie for third in school history in rushing yards per carry (4.98) and finished seventh with 2,584 total rushing yards to rank second in the Big 12 in both categories... Also blocked for a K-State bowl record 344-yard rushing output in the Cactus Bowl victory over UCLA.

2016: Played in eight games, including starts against Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa State and Oklahoma State... Helped K-State set the school record for rushing yards per carry (5.27), rank third in school history in total rushing yards (3,013) and rushing yards per game (231.8), and seventh in rushing touchdowns (39)... Helped block for an offense that ranked sixth nationally in rushing touchdowns.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played one season at Blinn College under head coach Keith Thomas... Helped the Buccaneers earn a 5-4 record... Voted an Honorable Mention All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference offensive lineman as a freshman in 2015 after not allowing a sack the entire season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Judson under head coach Sean McAuliffe... A two-time first team all-district selection as a junior and senior, while he earned second team all-state (Class 5A) honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association honors as a junior and third-team (Class 6A) accolades as a senior... Also named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s preseason Class 6A all-state team in 2014.

PERSONAL: Abdul Najee Beecham was born March 5, 1997, in West Point, New York... Son of Samuel and Tina Beecham... Has three siblings... Majoring in family studies and human services.