Travis Beckum in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Wisconsin Athletics, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Wisconsin, 2005–⁠08

Travis Beckum

Hometown
Oak Creek, WI
Born
Jan 24, 1987, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Travis Beckum played tight end at Wisconsin (2005–⁠08). The New York Giants took Beckum in round 3, No. 100 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
982
Receiving yards, 2007 (Wisconsin, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 100
Round 3, 2009 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Career highs

11catches, career highat Illinois, 2007160receiving yards, career highat Illinois, 20072receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Minnesota, 2006

Honors

All-America: Walter Camp 2007; Walter Camp second team 2006; AP third team 2007; College Football News 2007; Rivals.com 2007; Sports Illustrated 2007

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006Wisconsin6190314.8562
2007Wisconsin7598213.1646
2008Wisconsin2326411.5042
Career1592,14913.51162

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Wisconsin 6 games, 23 catches, 264 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 13atFresno StateW 13–⁠10451019–
Sep 27atMichiganL 25–⁠27217012–
Oct 4vs.Ohio StateL 17–⁠20660017–
Oct 11vs.Penn StateL 7–⁠48579042–
Oct 18atIowaL 16–⁠38441020–
Oct 25vs.IllinoisW 27–⁠17216011–
2007 Wisconsin 13 games, 75 catches, 982 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Washington StateW 42–⁠21649015–
Sep 8atUNLVW 20–⁠13666024–
Sep 15vs.The CitadelW 45–⁠314601254
Sep 22vs.IowaW 17–⁠1341817–
Sep 29vs.Michigan StateW 37–⁠3410132138–
Oct 6atIllinoisL 26–⁠3111160040–
Oct 13atPenn StateL 7–⁠38570019–
Oct 20vs.Northern IllinoisW 44–⁠342507–
Oct 27vs.IndianaW 33–⁠334501813
Nov 3atOhio StateL 17–⁠389140146−9
Nov 10vs.MichiganW 37–⁠216106134−2
Nov 17atMinnesotaW 41–⁠34589130–
Jan 1 ✦vs.TennesseeL 17–⁠21222013–
2006 Wisconsin 13 games, 61 catches, 903 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Bowling GreenW 35–⁠14349019–
Sep 9vs.Western IllinoisW 34–⁠1021509–
Sep 16vs.San Diego StateW 14–⁠0121021–
Sep 23atMichiganL 13–⁠27553017–
Sep 30atIndianaW 52–⁠17470135–
Oct 7vs.NorthwesternW 41–⁠98107023–
Oct 14vs.MinnesotaW 48–⁠125118241–
Oct 21atPurdueW 24–⁠3468021–
Oct 28vs.IllinoisW 30–⁠24576032–
Nov 4vs.Penn StateW 13–⁠363901818
Nov 11atIowaW 24–⁠21870123–
Nov 18vs.BuffaloW 35–⁠351350621
Jan 1 ✦vs.ArkansasW 17–⁠14582129–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2009Combine or pro day 2009
Height6′3″
Weight243 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.62 s
Vertical jump38½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press28 reps
3-cone drill7.05 s
20-yard shuttle4.10 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 31 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2009New York Giants8200
2010New York Giants15400
2011New York Giants7200
2012New York Giants1–00
NFL career31800

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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