Eastern Michigan Athletics
2007 Football Roster
Oct 25 (Sat)
12 p.m.
Roster
Nate Beard
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Westland, Mich
- High School:
- John Glenn (West Virginia State)
PERSONAL: Full name: Nathan Samuel Beard...Son of Sam Beard and Christina Truskowski...Born 10-10-86...Education major...Has two brothers, Daniel and Joseph Beard, and four sisters, Julia and Lindsay Beard and Claire and Stacey Truskowski...EMU: 2007: Earned a letter in his first year on the team after transferring from West Virginia State...Installed as the starting punt returner in fall practice and handled those duties through all 12 games...Finished first on the team and seventh in the Mid-American Conference in punt returns at 5.0 yards per return...Had 11 punt returns for 55 yards with a long of 16 during the year...Also saw action as a reserve wide receiver...2006: Practiced with the team all year while sitting out his transfer season...Chosen by the coaching staff as one of the Practice Players of the Week twice, for the Ball State (Aug. 31) and Central Michigan (Sept. 23) games...WEST VIRGINIA STATE: Attended for one year, 2005-06...Played on the football team and was a second-team All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference receiver after recording 485 receiving yards with four touchdowns...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from John Glenn H.S. in Westland, Mich. where he played football for head coach Todd DeLuca...Member of the Academic Honor Roll...Senior Year: Named All-Conference, All-Area, All-Metro West and All-State honorable mention...Named the team Offensive MVP...Broke seven school receiving records and helped team make the state playoffs...Caught 42 passes for 1,002 yards and nine touchdowns on offense and had 34 tackles with five interceptions and two fumble recoveries on defense...Junior Year: Turned in 471 receiving yards and was named to the Western Lakes All-Division squad...Named honorable mention All-League in basketball...Sophomore Year: Earned a varsity basketball letter.
