Pat Beach
American football player (born 1959)
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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.
Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S.
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born | December 28, 1959 Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 247 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Pullman (Pullman, Washington) | ||||||||
| College | Washington State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1982: 6th round, 140th overall pick | ||||||||
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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
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Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1982 | BAL | 9 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 17 | 1 |
| 1983 | BAL | 16 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 16 | 1 |
| 1985 | IND | 16 | 16 | 36 | 376 | 10.4 | 30 | 6 |
| 1986 | IND | 16 | 16 | 25 | 265 | 10.6 | 26 | 1 |
| 1987 | IND | 12 | 12 | 28 | 239 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | IND | 16 | 16 | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | IND | 16 | 13 | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 17 | 2 |
| 1990 | IND | 16 | 11 | 12 | 124 | 10.3 | 21 | 1 |
| 1991 | IND | 12 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | PHI | 16 | 7 | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 16 | 2 |
| 1993 | PHO | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 160 | 104 | 163 | 1,558 | 9.6 | 30 | 14 | ||
Playoffs
Personal
Beach married high school friend Robyn Crawford in 2007.