Wendell Beckwith

Height:
6-2
Weight:
235
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Clinton, La.
High School:
Clinton

Career Notes: Two-year letterman had eight tackles (4 solo, 4 assists), 1.0 tackle for loss and a fumble recovery during his career...played in 21 games. 2012: Played in five games as a junior...posted four tackles (3 solo, 1 assist), a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery...tallied a career-best three tackles (2 solo, 1 assist) and a fumble recovery vs Ole Miss (9/22)...had a tackle for loss vs ULM (9/29)...also saw action at Louisiana-Lafayette (10/6), vs UAB (10/27) and vs East Carolina (11/17). 2011: Saw action in seven games as a sophomore...tallied lone stop of the season with an assisted tackle at Duke (9/24)...also saw time against Southeastern Louisiana (9/3), Tulsa (9/10), UAB (9/17), Syracuse (10/8), UTEP (10/15) and Rice (11/19). 2010: Played in nine games as a true freshman...posted three tackles (1 solo, 2 assists) and was also a key contributor in special teams...tallied first career tackle with a solo stop vs Army (10/9)...posted assisted tackles at Tulsa (10/16) and vs UCF (11/20). High School: Prep letterman at Clinton High for head coach Cedric Anderson...named three-star prospect, earned a 77 grade and rated the No. 67 defensive end in the country and the No. 16 overall prospect in the state by ESPN.com...also rated a two-star athlete by Rivals.com and a one-star prospect by Scout.com...earned first-team All-District 7-2A honors as a senior when he tallied 73 tackles and 17 sacks...was selected to play in the Red Stick Bowl as a member of the Rough Riders, which posted a 33-31 win over the Black Knights, in Baton Rouge[apos]s Olympia Stadium on Dec. 28...as a junior, had 87 tackles (20 solo, 67 assists), including 25 tackles for loss and 17.5 sacks, and a pair of fumble recoveries...also lettered in basketball...first-team All-District 8-2A as a sophomore...chose Tulane over Minnesota, Southern Miss and Tulsa. Personal: Born Wendell Beckwith, Jr., on Aug. 10, 1992...son of Wendell Sr. and Urhouda Beckwith...has two brothers...cousin, Darry Beckwith, played football at LSU and with the San Diego Chargers...majoring in sociology. Beckwith[apos]s Career Defensive Statistics

Year	GP-GS	UT-AT-TT	TFL-Yds	SACK-Yds	FF	FR-Yds	PBU	INT-Yds	Blk
2010	9-0	1-2-3	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0	0-0	0
2011	7-0	0-1-1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0	0-0	0
2012	5-0	3-1-4	1.0-1	0.0-0	0	1-0	0	0-0	0
Career	21-0	4-4-8	1.0-1	0.0-0	0	1-0	0	0-0	0