Players

PRO (5-3/0-0): Drafted by the Steelers as their final selection of four seventh-round picks (246^th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.

2012 (5-3): 9/9 at Denver: Inactive…9/16 vs. N.Y. Jets: Inactive…9/23 at Oakland: Saw action on special teams and on the offensive line for the first time in his career, filling in at RT…10/7 vs. Philadelphia: Inactive…10/11 at Tennessee: Inactive…10/21 at Cincinnati: Dressed but did not play…10/28 vs. Washington: Dressed but did not see action…11/4 at N.Y. Giants: Dressed but did not see action…11/12 vs. Kansas City: Dressed but did not play…11/18 vs. Baltimore: Dressed but did not see action…11/25 at Cleveland: Saw increased action at RT filling in for injured RT Mike Adams…12/2 at Baltimore: Made his first career start at RT, filling in for injured RT Mike Adams…12/9 vs. San Diego: Started his second straight contest at RT in place of the injured Adams…12/16 at Dallas: Made his third straight start at RT in place of the injured Adams…helped block for QB Ben Roethlisberger to throw for 339 yards and two touchdowns.

COLLEGE: Started all 52 games in four seasons…named first team Conference USA after his junior season…as a senior he was named to Conference-USA All-Academic Team and selected to the Lombardi Award and Outland Award watch lists…earned a spot on Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s All-Texas Team as a sophomore…served as a student representative to the SMU Board of Trustees…was on SMU president R. Gerald Turner's Commission on Substance Abuse, the Student Affairs Leadership Council, the SMU Athletic Council and the Apple Committee (a drug awareness group for student-athletes)…presented the Commencement address to fellow 2012 graduates of Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development…earned undergraduate degree in economics and master’s of liberal studies. 2011: Started all 12 games at left tackle and 52 straight overall…blocked for the running back who led the league in rushing and an offense that ranked third in the league in passing offense…selected to the Lombardi Award and Outland Award watch lists…team has scored 336 points and racked up 5,052 yards of total offense…SMU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) President…named to the C-USA All-Academic Team. 2010: Started all 14 games at left tackle...named first team Conference USA...blocked for an offense that totaled a school-record 3,861 passing yards and added 1,943 yards on the ground. 2009: Started all 13 games at left tackle...blocked for an SMU offense that passed for a school record 3,666 yards, scored a school record 380 points and rolled up a school record 5,093 yards of total offense...named second-team All-C-USA by the league's coaches...one of 12 student-athletes to receive the fall C-USA Spirit of Service Award...named to Dave Campbell's Texas Football's All-Texas Team. 2008: Started all 12 games at left tackle...blocked for an offense that threw for a school-record-tying 29 TDs and ranked 17th in the nation in passing offense...named to the College Football Top Ten & Pegasus News All-DFW College Football Team. 2007: Redshirted.

PERSONAL: Attended Mexia High School (Mexia, Texas)…named first-team All-District 19-3A as a senior and second-team All-District as a junior...also a Super Cen-Tex player and All-Academic pick...allowed only one sack in 2006...rated a second-team preseason All-State prospect by TexasHSfootball.com...a two-star Rivals.com and Scout.com prospect...averaged a double-double in basketball and once scored 34 in a single game…son of Kelvin, Sr. and Culetta Beachum…Full Name: Kelvin Lee Beachum, Jr.