John Beck life and biography

John Beck is a young quarterback looking to establish himself in the NFL. He served as a backup in Baltimore in 2009 following two years in Miami. As a rookie in Miami, Beck appeared in five games, with four starts, accounting for all of his regular season NFL action to date. In those contests, Beck completed 60-of-107 passes for 559 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. He also rushed nine times for 12 yards and a touchdown Beck was a four-year letterman and a three-year starter at BYU, where he finished his collegiate career with 885 completions on 1,418 attempts (62.4 percent) for 11,021 yards, 79 touchdowns and 34 interceptions.

John Dalton Beck is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft.

Highlights
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* Has completed 60-of-107 pass attempts for 559 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions.
* Has rushed nine times for 12 yards and a touchdown.
* Recorded his first career passing touchdown vs. Cin. (12/30/07)
* Scored his first career rushing touchdown vs. Cin. (12/30/07)

2009 (Ravens)
* Listed as a gameday inactive (third QB) for all 16 regular season games and both postseason contests.

2008 (Dolphins)
* Was designated as the third QB for all 16 games, plus one playoff game.

2007 (Dolphins)
* Completed 60-of-107 passes for 559 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.
* Started his first career game and went 9-of-22 for 109 yards at Philadelphia (11/18).
* Saw action off the bench and was 13-of-21 for 135 yards and threw his first career TD in vs. Cincinnati (12/30).
* Also scored his first career rushing touchdown on a two-yard run against the Bengals.

College
# Was a four-year letterman (2003-06) at BYU, where he started at QB his final three seasons.
# Completed 885-of-1,418 passes (62.4%) for 11,021 yards with 79 TDs and 34 INTs.
# Also ran for nine TDs.
# Finished his career ranked second in Cougar history in completions, attempts and yards, trailing only Ty Detmer (1988- 91) in all three categories.
# Finished his career third in TD passes, trailing only Detmer (121) and Jim McMahon (84 from 1978-81).
# Started 12 games as a senior, leading BYU to a record of 11-2 on the year and the Mountain West Conference crown.
# Was 289-of-417 (69.3%) for 3,885 yards with 32 TDs and just 8 INTs.
# Put together six 300-yard passing games, and he was second in the nation with a 169.1 passer efficiency rating, while earning MWC Offensive Player of the Year honors.
# Was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award.
# Had seven 300-yard passing performances as a junior when he completed 64.5 percent of his passes (331-of-513) for 3,709 yards with 27 TDs and 13 INTs, earning first-team All-MWC honors.
# Played in eight games with four starts as a true freshman in 2003, becoming only the second true freshman to start a game at QB for BYU, joining Marc Wilson (1977)
# Earned a degree in Communications

Personal
* Prepped at Mountain View High School in Mesa, Ariz., where he led the school to a state championship as a senior when he was named the Arizona High School Player of the Year.
* Also earned Outstanding Male Scholar Athlete honors.
* In his prep career, Beck guided the school to a record of 25-2 over his junior and senior seasons.
* Was a high school teammate of Ravens TE Todd Heap.
* Also lettered twice in baseball as a pitcher and infielder.
* Served a LDS church mission in Lisbon, Portugal (2000-02), immediately following high school.
* Communicates fluently in Portuguese.
* Father, Wendell, participated in track & field at BYU.
* Formed the Friends for Football Foundation, which identifies youth who love football but are unable to pay the signup fee for organized leagues.
* Hosts an annual charity golf tournament each July to raise funds for the foundation.
* Beck and his wife, Barbara, have two sons, Ty and Preston.
* Full name is John Dalton Beck.

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