{"id":112534,"date":"2021-04-28T18:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T22:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=112534"},"modified":"2021-04-28T18:05:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T22:05:32","slug":"tavante-beckett-2021-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/28\/tavante-beckett-2021-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NFL Draft: Tavante Beckett Player Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tavante Beckett NFL Draft Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

Position<\/strong>: Linebacker<\/div>\n
Height<\/strong>: 5\u201911\u201d<\/div>\n
Weight<\/strong>: 220 pounds<\/div>\n
School<\/strong>: Marshall Thundering Herd<\/div>\n
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Tavante Beckett 2021 NFL Draft Profile<\/h2>\n

Marshall linebacker Tavante Beckett has been in the headlines both on and off the field throughout his football-playing career. Beckett first began his career at Oscar Smith<\/a> High School in Chesapeake and played alongside future NFL players Josh Sweat<\/a> and Andrew Brown<\/a>. The Tigers advanced to the state championship game, losing to Justin Skule<\/a> and the Centreville Wildcats. Ultimately, he moved to Indian River High School and succeeded. As such, he earned an offer to Virginia Tech. He played all fourteen games as a freshman but was then kicked off the team after committing conspiracy to sell and possession of marijuana in 2017, charges that were later dropped.<\/p>\n

Beckett then left Blacksburg and joined the Thundering Herd of Marshall as a transfer student. He would earn first-team All-Conference USA honors in 2018 for his performance. In 2020, Beckett was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year. He finished the season with 90 tackles and earned first-team honors. Beckett chose not to play in Marshall’s bowl game, instead opting to prepare for the draft.<\/p>\n

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