John Beck (gridiron football)
He played college football for the BYU Cougars, and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft.He was also a member of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, Washington Redskins, and Houston Texans, as well as the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).Beck served a 2-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prior to his collegiate career, and in 2003, as a 22-year-old true freshman, he earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) honors and competed in eight games, including four starts, becoming only the second true freshman to start at quarterback in Brigham Young history (vs. Stanford), completing 22-of-45 attempts for a season-high 279 yards against the Cardinals, including a season-long 56-yard bomb to Rodney Wilkerson.While a sophomore, in 2004, Beck earned second-team All-Mountain West honors and started at quarterback in 10 of the Cougars' 11 games during the season.[3] He was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the week following the come-from-behind victory over Utah in the last game of the 2006 season.[4] On November 25, 2006, Beck led the Cougars to his first victory over in-state rival Utah Utes, and Brigham Young's first in five years, by completing a touchdown pass to tight end Jonny Harline as time expired.[8] With an injury to Green and inconsistent play from backup quarterback Cleo Lemon, the Dolphins struggled to an 0–8 start to the season.However, the Dolphins offense failed to produce points and Beck was the victim to an early fourth quarter strip sack by James Harrison.Joey Porter intercepted a Kellen Clemens pass in the second quarter, leading to a Jay Feely field goal.On October 19, 2011, Redskins coach Mike Shanahan announced that Beck would start the upcoming week 7 game against the Carolina Panthers.On April 28, 2012, Beck was cut from the Redskins after the team drafted quarterbacks Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins.After his retirement from playing professional football, Beck co-founded, along with Tom House and Adam Dedeaux, the 3DQB quarterback training program in 2013 that takes place in Huntington Beach, California.[20] Beck has worked with players such as Tom Brady, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees, Andy Dalton, Blake Bortles, Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford, Carson Wentz, Marcus Mariota, Trey Lance, Zach Wilson, Justin Fields and others.[29] He is a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; he served on a mission to Lisbon, Portugal, from 2000 through 2002 and speaks fluent Portuguese.
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