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4 CJ Beasley

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Norfolk, Va.
  • High School Maury/Coastal Carolina

Biography

ACADEMIC HONORS: 
Dean's List- Spring 2024

2024: Rushed for 1,143 career yards and eight touchdowns, along with 37 receptions for 360 yards and one TD... 

(AT COASTAL CAROLINA):
2023: 
Rushed for 262 yards and two touchdowns on 68 carries ... Also had 15 receptions for 151 yards ... Earned a spot on the 2023 Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watch List... Was named to the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List... Named to the 2023 College Football Network Preseason All-Sun Belt third team... Graduated in August 2023 with a bachelor's degree in recreation and sport management. 

2022: Earned All-Sun Belt honorable mention honors... Played in all 13 games with four starts ... Team's leading rusher with 717 rushing yards on 141 carries ... Tied for second on the team with five rushing touchdowns... Averaged 5.1 yards per rush and a team-high 55.15 rushing yards per game... Also caught 19 passes for 193 yards and a touchdown ... Had two 100-yard rushing games on the season... Career-high 25 carries and 142 rushing yards against Georgia State while adding three catches for 23 yards... Ran 15 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns at ULM … Totaled 19 carries for 91 yards in the season-opening win over Army … Carried nine times for 89 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for a season-high 74 yards and a score vs. Buffalo … Scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter in the win over Georgia Southern, rushing 12 times for 64 yards and the score... Rushed four times for 68 yards and had a season-long 56-yard run vs. Southern Miss ... Finished with five carries for 13 yards and a touchdown and one catch for six yards in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl vs. East Carolina.

2021: Played in 11 games at running back on special teams... Carried the ball 14 times for 47 yards and one touchdown... Had a season-high six carries for 27 yards vs. UMass ... Recorded four tackles on special teams, including three solo stops... Blocked a punt versus ULM which was returned for a touchdown. 

2020: Redshirt season... Played in one game at Texas State and carried eight times for 44 yards ... Participated in 2020 spring practice where he was named the Most Improved Running Back... Enrolled at Coastal Carolina in January 2020.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit at running back by ESPN, Rivals, and 247Sports ... Ranked as high as the 73rd-best running back in the nation for Class of 2020 by ESPN... Rated 23rd-best prospect in Virginia by ESPN, 27th by 247Sports, and 30th-best by Rivals... Named to the Class 5 All-Region A team at running back his senior year... Led Maury High School in Norfolk, Va., to a perfect 15-0 record and the 2019 Virginia High School League Class 5 state title with a 28-21 win over Stone Bridge in the championship game, the school's first state title since 1939... Rushed 216 times for 1,808 yards and 24 touchdowns his senior season... Also caught 13 passes for 176 yards and three scores... Returned one kick for an 80-yard touchdown... Totaled 2,064 all-purpose yards and 28 touchdowns his senior year for coach Dyrri McCain...Helped the Commodores to 5A region championship and the state semifinals in 2018 with a 12-2 record as a junior... Finished his junior season with 2,409 all-purpose yards and 23 touchdowns... Totaled 1,778 rushing yards and 424 receiving yards to earn 2018 All-Tidewater honors... Also earned 2018 first-team All-Eastern District honors and first-team All-Class 5 Region accolades his junior year when he averaged 13.3 yards per touch... Lettered in track & field where he was a regional champion in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles.

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