Kevin Beard
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| Position: | Wide receivers coach | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 20, 1981 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Plantation (FL) | ||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2004 | ||||||
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| Receptions: | 10 |
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| Receiving yards: | 87 |
| Receiving TDs: | 0 |
Kevin Leon Beard (born January 20, 1981) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the wide receivers coach for University of Tennessee. He played college football at the University of Miami for Larry Coker, and afterward played professionally in the AF2 from 2005 to 2006, and in the Arena Football League in 2007. In 2015, Beard returned to Miami as the wide receivers coach.
Beard attended Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida and was a student and a standout in football and basketball. In football, as a junior, he made 50 receptions for 850 yards (17.00 yards per reception) and 15 touchdowns. As a senior, he was a first team All-Broward County selection, a second team All-State selection, and was named by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as a Broward County co-Offensive Player of the Year. In basketball, as a senior, he was a second team All-State selection. Beard graduated from Plantation High School in 1999.
Beard attended The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, from 1999 to 2003. After redshirting in 1999, he played mostly on special teams and as a reserve in 2000. During Miami's national championship season in 2001, he caught 25 passes for 409 yards, adding four catches for 41 yards in Miami's Rose Bowl win over Nebraska at the end of the season. He caught 23 passes for 262 yards and four touchdowns in 2002 before suffering a season ending knee injury. Beard was a captain of Miami's 11-2 2003 squad, contributing 19 catches for 249 yards and a touchdown. Beard's teammates at Miami included future Pro Bowl wide receivers Andre Johnson, Santana Moss, and Reggie Wayne.
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