Pat Beach

Pat Beach
No. 81, 83, 89
PositionTight end
Personal information
Born (1959-12-28) December 28, 1959
Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight247 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High schoolPullman (Pullman, Washington)
CollegeWashington State
NFL draft1982: 6th round, 140th overall pick
Career history
* Offseason or practice squad member only
Awards and highlights
Career NFL statistics
Receptions163
Receiving yards1,558
Touchdowns14
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Patrick Jesse Beach (born December 28, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, and Phoenix Cardinals. He played college football for the Washington State Cougars in Pullman.

Early life

Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, Beach moved to Pullman with his family at age eleven. A three-sport athlete at Pullman High School (football, basketball, track & field),[1][2] he played college football in town at Washington State University (WSU) under head coach Jim Walden.[3]

Beach led the Cougars to the Holiday Bowl in 1981 and was selected by the Colts in the sixth round (140th overall) of the 1982 NFL draft.[4][5][6][7]

Professional career

In his second NFL season in 1983, Beach scored the Baltimore Colts' last touchdown in a 20–10 win over the Houston Oilers on December 18, a twelve-yard completion from Mike Pagel with less than two minutes remaining.[8][9] The franchise relocated to Indianapolis prior to the 1984 season.

Following the 1987 season, Beach caught a two-yard touchdown pass in the Colts' divisional playoff game against the Cleveland Browns, a 38–21 loss.[10] In his career, he totaled 163 catches for 1,558 yards, averaging 9.6 yards per catch, and caught 14 touchdowns.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team Games Receiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1982BAL 9144511.3171
1983BAL 16255611.2161
1985IND 16163637610.4306
1986IND 16162526510.6261
1987IND 1212282398.5160
1988IND 1616262359.0230
1989IND 161314876.2172
1990IND 16111212410.3211
1991IND 121055611.2260
1992PHI 1678759.4162
1993PHO 150000.000
1601041631,5589.63014

Playoffs

Year Team Games Receiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1987IND 11263.041
1992PHI 20000.000
31263.041

Personal

Beach married high school friend Robyn Crawford in 2007.

References

  1. ↑ "WSU lands Pat Beach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. July 12, 1978. p. 24.
  2. ↑ Emerson, Paul (July 12, 1978). "Pat Beach switches to WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 3B.
  3. ↑ Emerson, Paul (September 21, 1979). "Home grown". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1C.
  4. ↑ Barrows, Bob (April 28, 1982). "Sorenson, Beach drafted". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1C.
  5. ↑ "NFL teams take best local talent". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 29, 1982. p. 27.
  6. ↑ "Two more Cougars drafted in NFL". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. April 29, 1982. p. 1C.
  7. ↑ "Four Cougars, two Vandals picked". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. April 29, 1982. p. 35.
  8. ↑ "Colts 20, Oilers 10". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 19, 1983. p. 3C.
  9. ↑ "Houston Oilers at Baltimore Colts - December 18th, 1983". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  10. ↑ Goldberg, Dave (January 10, 1988). "Cleveland's Byner finer than Colts". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.