Tuesday, August 14, 2018

AWC ballhawk says two trips in the works


AWC ballhawk says two trips in the works

Bryce Beekman led AWC with 7 interceptions in 2017.
One of the top safeties from the Western States Football League is preparing for the
season and starting to look at life after Yuma. He says new schools have been calling
and has a couple of trips in the works.

JCGridiron.com caught up with Arizona Western safety  Bryce Beekman  on Friday
to discuss the latest with his recruitment. He told us a few new schools are looking
and a couple of trips could be in the works. Beekman had a solid freshman campaign
in Yuma in 2017, finishing with 26 tackles and leading the team with seven
interceptions. He was rewarded with First Team All-WSFL status, which had the
recruiters coming in droves.  

Beekman led the Matadors with seven interceptions in 2017. Beekman quickly picked

up offers from Kansas State, Kansas, Washington State, Western Illinois, Syracuse,
Southern Mississippi and Louisiana-Lafayette following the season and has been
working hard ever since to get himself out of Yumaby December.

He says a handful of others have started to surface. “Nebraska, Mississippi State and

ASU have been text messaging,” Beekman said. “They are telling me they are
getting ready for the season and making contact with me.”
Beekman (6’4, 190) graduated from Scotlandville Magnet High School in Louisiana
in 2016 and had interest from Southern Miss, Southern and Alcorn State before
failing to qualify academically. Now ready to leave in December, he says he’s
been working hard to improve his game on the field.
“I’ve been working on my technique so I can take my game to the next level,” Beekman
said. “My dream school growing up was Miami but it doesn’t really matter to me.”
Beekman says he has a couple of trips that could happen during the season
.
“I’m supposed to go to Washington State for the weekend of October 21,”
Beekman said. “Then I am supposed to go to Kansas State when they play Texas
Tech (Nov 17).”
Beekman and the Matadors started practice this week with temperatures soaring over
110 degrees during the day. The team practices later in the day to avoid the hottest
part of the day and he says they look solid so far.

“It’s looking good,” Beekman said. “We’ve got a lot of new faces, but they’ve

got talent.”
Beekman and the Matadors open the season ranked No. 3 in the JCGridiron.com
Dirty 30 Preseason Rankings. They open up at home against New Mexico Military
Institute on August 24.


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