Autry Beamon

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Autry Beamon Jr. (born November 12, 1953) is a former professional American football safety who played for three National Football League (NFL) teams.

College career

Beamon played college football at East Texas State University, now East Texas A&M University, and is in the university's Athletic Hall of Fame.[1] The Hall of Fame citation says that at age 16 he was the youngest college player in the country in 1970.[2]

He is still the only player in his college's history to be a four-time first team All-Lone Star Conference selection.[3]

He is in both the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor and the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

Professional career

In the 1975 NFL draft the Minnesota Vikings chose Beamon in the 12th round (draft pick 311 overall).[5] He was on the Vikings team that played in Super Bowl XI, losing to the then Oakland Raiders in January 1977.[6]

In the course of his seven-year NFL career Beamon made 13 interceptions for 132 yards including a career best six picks in the 1977 season for the Seattle Seahawks.[7] The following season he had four interceptions for the Seahawks.[8] Only two players in the NFL — Rolland Lawrence of the Atlanta Falcons and Mario Clark of the Buffalo Bills — had more interceptions in each of those two seasons, 1977 and 1978.[9][10]

Beamon had at least one fumble recovery in all but one of his seven NFL seasons for a career total of eight: three for the Vikings, three for the Seahawks and two for the Browns.[11]

In 1977 Beamon scored his only NFL touchdown, returning a blocked punt in a Seahawks home game against the Baltimore Colts.[12][13][14] His only other points in the NFL also came from a blocked punt for the Vikings in a home game against the New York Jets in 1975, resulting in a 2-point safety.[15][16][17]

In both the 1978 and 1979 seasons he was the special teams captain for the Seahawks.[18]

References

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  13. ↑ https://static.www.nfl.com/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2021/SEA.pdf. See p. 268 under Blocked Punts Returned for Touchdowns
  14. ↑ Video of Beamon’s touchdown is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N33f7PADfE
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  17. ↑ Video of Beamon’s blocked punt safety is at 5:41 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYZd-noybkU
  18. ↑ https://static.www.nfl.com/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2021/SEA.pdf. See p. 303 under Captains/Special Teams

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