Vic Beasley with the Atlanta Falcons, 2015
With the Atlanta Falcons, 2015. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, Clemson, 2010–⁠14

Vic Beasley

Number
No. 3
Height
6′3″
Weight
235 lb
Hometown
Adairsville, GA
Born
Jul 8, 1992, in Adairsville, Georgia

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Vic Beasley played defensive end at Clemson (2010–⁠14). He was a consensus All‑American in 2013 and 2014. The Atlanta Falcons took Beasley in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
Consensus All-American and ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Drafted
No. 8
Overall, 2015 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2011

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

The teams

No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
2011110100000
201291221488012
2013N13311041231364–
On file441256312165–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2010Clemson3DE
2011Clemson3DE
2012Clemson3DE
2013Clemson3DE
2014Clemson3DE6′3″235

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′3″
Weight246 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.59 sW
Vertical jump41″
Broad jump10′10″
Bench press35 reps
3-cone drill6.91 s
20-yard shuttle4.15 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 75 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.

Pro Bowl: 2016 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2016

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2016; Pro Football Writers first team 2016.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Atlanta Falcons142341
2016Atlanta Falcons153815.50
2017Atlanta Falcons132850
2018Atlanta Falcons141950
2019Atlanta Falcons154080
2020Las Vegas Raiders4400
NFL career7515237.51

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2023XFLVegas Vipers
2024UFLArlington Renegades

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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