Larry Beavers
Kansas City Goats | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||
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Born: | October 7, 1985 | ||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 186 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Annapolis (MD) | ||||||||||||
College: | Wesley (DE) | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||||
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Larry Beavers (born October 7, 1985) is an American football wide receiver and kick returner who currently plays for the Kansas City Goats in The Arena League.
High school
[edit]Beavers attended Annapolis High School where he played three sports: football, baseball and track.[1]
College
[edit]He attended Wesley College a Division III school located in Dover, Delaware.[2] He currently holds the NCAA all-divisions record for kick return touchdowns with 10. He ended his college career with 2,366 receiving yards, becoming the second all-time in college history.[3]
Professional career
[edit]Carolina Panthers
[edit]After college, Beavers entered the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent for the Carolina Panthers on May 1, 2009. He was waived by the team at the end of preseason on September 5, 2009.
New Orleans Saints
[edit]On May 13, 2010, Beavers was signed by the New Orleans Saints.[4] The activation of Robert Meachem from the physically unable to perform list resulted in Beavers being cut from the team.[5]
Iowa Barnstormers
[edit]In 2011, he was signed by the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League (AFL).[3]
Edmonton Eskimos
[edit]On June 17, 2011, Beavers was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[6]
New Orleans VooDoo
[edit]In 2013, Beavers was assigned to the New Orleans VooDoo. He was waived by the team on July 3, 2013, only to be reassigned to the VooDoo on July 4, 2013. He was placed on reassignment on June 25, 2015.
Las Vegas Outlaws
[edit]On August 6, 2015, Beavers was assigned to the Las Vegas Outlaws.
Cleveland Gladiators
[edit]On December 14, 2015, Beavers was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators. He was placed on reassignment by the team on January 11, 2017.[7] On June 1, 2017, Beavers was assigned to the Gladiators. On June 5, 2017, Beavers was placed on reassignment.
Philadelphia Soul
[edit]On June 13, 2017, Beavers was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League (AFL). On August 26, 2017, the Soul beat the Tampa Bay Storm in ArenaBowl XXX by a score of 44–40.[8]
Georgia Doom
[edit]In January 2018, Beavers signed with the Georgia Doom of the American Arena League (AAL).[9]
Albany Empire
[edit]On May 31, 2018, Beavers was assigned to the Albany Empire of the Arena Football League (AFL).[10] On July 2, 2018, he was placed on reassignment.[11]
West Virginia Roughriders
[edit]On October 31, 2018, Beavers signed with the West Virginia Roughriders of the American Arena League (AAL).[12] On November 1, 2019, Beavers re-signed with the Roughriders for the 2020 season.[13]
Jersey Flight
[edit]On November 2, 2020, Beavers signed with the Jersey Flight of the National Arena League (NAL).[14]
Orlando Predators
[edit]On November 26, 2021, Beavers signed with the Orlando Predators of the National Arena League (NAL).[15] On October 31, 2022, Beavers re-signed with the Predators for the 2023 season.[16] On March 29, 2023, Beavers was released by the Predators.
AFL statistics
[edit]Year | Team | Receiving | Returns | ||||
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Rec | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
2011 | Iowa | 12 | 165 | 1 | 31 | 500 | 0 |
2013 | New Orleans | 13 | 176 | 2 | 11 | 234 | 1 |
2014 | New Orleans | 80 | 1,020 | 16 | 59 | 1,136 | 4 |
2015 | New Orleans | 10 | 125 | 1 | 23 | 534 | 2 |
2016 | Cleveland | 50 | 703 | 8 | 91 | 1,494 | 1 |
2017 | Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 0 |
2017 | Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 117 | 0 |
Career | 165 | 2,189 | 28 | 227 | 4,116 | 8 |
Stats from ArenaFan:[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Larry Beavers Bio". Neworleanssaints.com. New Orleans Saints. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- ^ "Larry Beavers, WR at". Nfl.com. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ a b "Barnstormers Make Two more Additions to Offense | www.arenafootball.com". Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- ^ "Larry Beavers". New Orleans Saints. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Source: Larry Beavers being waived by Saints | National Football Post". Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- ^ "CFL's Edmonton Eskimos Sign Larry Beavers - Wesley". Athletics.wesley.edu. June 17, 2011. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Soul Snare Second Straight Foster Trophy in ArenaBowl XXX". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Transactions". americanarenaleague.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. May 31, 2018. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "West Virginia Roughriders Sign Arena Veteran Wide Receiver Larry Beavers for upcoming 2019 season". facebook.com.
- ^ "WR Larry Beavers is returning to the Friendly City!!!". facebook.com.
- ^ "2021 NAL Transactions". nationalarenaleague.com.
- ^ "2022 NAL Transactions". nationalarenaleague.com.
- ^ "2023 NAL Transactions". nationalarenaleague.com.
- ^ "Larry Beavers". arenafan.com. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- New Orleans Saints players
- Carolina Panthers players
- Edmonton Elks players
- Iowa Barnstormers players
- Pittsburgh Power players
- New Orleans VooDoo players
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Wesley Wolverines football players
- Sportspeople from Annapolis, Maryland
- Players of American football from Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Las Vegas Outlaws (arena football) players
- Cleveland Gladiators players
- Philadelphia Soul players
- West Virginia Roughriders players
- Albany Empire (AFL) players
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Jersey Flight players
- Orlando Predators (2019–) players
- Georgia Doom players