Ian Beckles
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 20, 1967 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Pointe-Claire (QC) Lindsay Place | ||||||
| College: | Indiana | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 5 / Pick: 114 | ||||||
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| Games Played: | 126 |
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| Games Started: | 121 |
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Ian Harold Beckles (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian former American football Guard who played nine seasons in the NFL. Beckles was the former co-host of the highly rated The Ron & Ian Show on iHeartMedia, Inc.'s WDAE (620 AM and 95.3 FM) in Tampa, Florida, along with host, Ron Diaz. Beckles now hosts his own program (The Ian Beckles Show) on 102.5 The Bone on Sundays from 11:00am-1:00pm
Beckles' family emigrated to Canada in 1964. His mother (who passed in early 2009) was native of Guyana, while his father hails from Trinidad. Beckles grew up with his mother in a single-parent home in Montreal and played hockey and baseball as a youth (among his friends was future NFL fullback and Buc teammate Alonzo Highsmith). However, after playing football in high school, Beckles excelled and went on to play junior college football at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa, earning all-conference honours as a sophomore.
Beckles later transferred to Indiana, and became a standout guard during the 1989 season—his only as a starter. During Beckles' senior year, Indiana produced one of nation's top rushing attacks (214.5 yards per game). Beckles blocked for future NFL quarterback Trent Green, running backs Vaughn Dunbar (an NFL first-round pick) and Anthony Thompson (who won the Maxwell Award player of the year award in 1989), and Ernie Thompson, and alongside standout centre Ron Vargo, who played briefly for the Arena League's Columbus franchise in the early 1990s.
Beckles received attention from NFL scouts as a senior when they turned to film from Indiana to scout, primarily, Thompson. As the team's primary pulling lineman, Beckles stood out on film.
Beckles graduated from IU with a BS in business.
Following Indiana, Beckles was drafted in the fifth round of the 1990 NFL draft and started immediately for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at right guard. The rookie was a bright addition to an interior line that had struggled with guards Tom McHale, John Bruhin and Carl Bax.
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