Pack93z
You retired too? .... Not me. I'm in my prime
Signed with the Packers as a undrafted free agent.. kid can play ball, go back and dig up the tape from the D3 championship game.. kid can play in this league.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=695093
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=695093
Perhaps the only task more onerous than containing Justin Beaver on the football field is goading the UW-Whitewater senior tailback into acknowledging that he plays the game exceptionally well.
Even Monday, after he learned he had won the Gagliardi Trophy, given annually to the top NCAA Division III player in the nation, Beaver gave credit to everyone who came to mind, except himself.
The 5-foot-9, 200-pound Beaver's list of accomplishments on the field is impressive:
• Beaver has rushed for 2,206 yards in 14 games this season, with averages of 5.3 yards per carry and 157.6 yards per game.
• As a sophomore in 2005, he became the only back in school history to rush for 2,000 yards or more in a season, leading all NCAA divisions with a Division III record 2,420 yards in 14 games.
• Beaver received All-American honors in 2005 and '06 and is a three-time first-team pick in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Beaver was recently named the WIAC player of the year after leading the Warhawks to their third consecutive league title.
"It all comes down to hard work," Beaver said, "and putting the right guys around you that push you when you don't want to work hard."
Beaver's list of accomplishments off the field is also impressive:
• A physical education major with a 3.51 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale, Beaver was a second-team Academic All-American. The team is sponsored by ESPN The Magazine and coordinated by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
To make the team, an athlete must be at least a sophomore, be a significant contributor and have a GPA of 3.20 or higher.
• Beaver was also the WIAC's Max Sparger Scholar Athlete winner.