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B.J. Beatty
# 59
Outside Linebacker - OLB
Height: 6-2  Weight: 220
Junior
Previous Schools
   Kahuku
Previous Experience
  1L
Hometown
Kaaawa, Hawai'i
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AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)-Enters the fall atop the depth chart at the sam outside linebacker position.  The coaches believe he is among the players geared to have a breakout season.  He had 14 tackles and two sacks in the three main spring scrimmages.

2008 (Soph.)-He saw action in eight games, opening with solid play against Colorado State, but he suffered a leg injury that would sideline him the next four games.  He did return to play in the final seven, posting 18 tackles for the year (nine solo, four losses including a sack), with five third down stops, three quarterback hurries, two passes broken up and a forced fumble.  He had a career-high four tackles (two solo) against Oklahoma State, with three against Kansas State (all solo) and Nebraska.  He had an outstanding spring and ended drills in a virtual tie atop the depth chart at outside linebacker with the veteran Brad Jones.  He had 10 tackles (eight solo, three for losses with a sack) in the three main spring scrimmages, and the coaches selected him as the recipient of the Dan Stavely Award as the most improved defensive lineman for spring ball.

2007 (Fr.-RS) -He saw action in four games, including two on defense, where he was in for a total of eight plays.  Six of those came in the Miami-Ohio game where he registered his only tackle on the year, which was a solo stop.  He also appeared on special teams on occasion.  He had eight tackles (seven solo) and a third down stop in the four full spring scrimmages.

2006 (Fr.)-Redshirted; practiced the entire fall as an outside linebacker.

HIGH SCHOOL-Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 5 overall prospect in Hawai'i, and as the No. 46 overall weak side defensive end in the nation.  He earned OIA (Oahu Interscholastic Association) player of the year honors as a senior, as he was a first-team all-state selection by the Honolulu Advertiser in addition to being a first-team all-OIA performer at defensive end.  He was a three-time, first-team all-league performer, and also garnered first-team all-state honors as a junior and second-team mention as a sophomore.  A three-year starter, he had 50 quarterback sacks in his career, including 17 as a senior when he had 65 tackles (50 solo), with 12 forced fumbles, five recoveries (one returned for a touchdown), six passes broken up and two blocked punts.  He led a defense that posted eight shutouts en route to winning the state title.  He had 15 sacks as a junior, 16 as a sophomore and two his freshman year, when he made the varsity as a 160-pound end.  Top games as a senior included a 43-0 win over Farrington, when he had 10 tackles, eight for losses including four sacks, two forced fumbles and a blocked punt, and a 52-0 victory over Kaimuki, when he had 12 tackles, four for losses, and a fumble recovery he returned 28 yards for a touchdown.  He lettered four times for coach Siuaki Livai, as Kahuku has become a state power, challenging traditional dominant schools St. Louis and Punahou.  Kahuku won the state championship both his senior year (with a 15-1 record) and his sophomore campaign (going 14-0), while reaching the semifinals his junior season (finishing 12-2).  That added to a 41-3 record over the three seasons after KHS went 6-4 his freshman year.  He also lettered three times in soccer (goalie), and four times in track (throws), with bests of 150-0 in the discus and 46-0 in the shot put.

ACADEMICS-He is majoring in Ethnic Studies at Colorado.  He owned a 3.1 grade point average in high school, and was a member of the Honor Roll his sophomore through senior years.

PERSONAL-Born March 4, 1988 in Kailua, Hawai'i.  His hobbies include most sports and spending time at the beach.  An uncle (mother's side) is Chris Naeole, the former CU All-American offensive guard who has played the last nine years in the National Football League with New Orleans and Jacksonville.  His father (Byron), also the Oahu player of the year in 1986, played linebacker at Brigham Young in the late 1980s.  In high school, he volunteered for a local elementary school reading program (K-6) at his mother Abigail's school (she is an educational assistant).  B.J. stands for Byron junior.  (Last name is pronounced bay-tee.)

 

Season
G
Plays
Tackles
UT AT--TOT
TFL
Sacks
3DS
Hurr
FR
FF
PBU
Int
2007
2
8
1 0 -- 1
0- 0
0- 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2008
8
164
9 9 -- 18
4- 6
1- 0
5
3
0
1
2
0
Totals
10
172
10 9 -- 19
4- 6
1- 0
5
3
0
1
2
0
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