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Jon Beason to Appear on ESPN First Take Live on Friday, April 16 |
By playerpress.com wire service / April 8, 2010 |
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Carolina Panthers All-Pro linebacker Jon Beason will appear LIVE on ESPN First Take on Friday, April 16, at 11:30 a.m.
Beason, 25, will be at ESPN studios all day on April 16, recording interviews for espn.com, sportscenter.com, ESPN News and the Scott Van Pelt Show. |
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Carolina Panthers Jon Beason Named Second Team All-Pro |
By playerpress.com wire service / March 26, 2010 |
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He wasn’t voted into the Pro Bowl, so Carolina Panthers middle linebacker and defensive captain Jon Beason will have to settle for a far more impressive honor: Second Team All-Pro inside linebacker.
Beason, who was a First Team All-Pro pick in 2009 and played in the Pro Bowl last season, felt vindicated by the All-Pro selection. Beason, 25, felt snubbed that he wasn’t picked as one of the NFC’s two Pro Bowl inside linebackers this season. Patrick Willis of the 49ers and Jonathan Vilma of the Saints instead were selected to go, and London Fletcher of the Redskins was picked as the first alternate.
Beason did end up playing in the Pro Bowl anyway, representing the NFC for the second straight year.
“All-Pro or Pro Bowl? Enough said,” Beason said after his All-Pro selection.
Beason, the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 16, helped a Panthers team that was decimated by injuries go from an 0-3 start to winning four of their last five and finishing 8-8.
Beason finished with 134 total tackles, tied for 2nd in the NFL, to go with three sacks, three interceptions and a forced fumble.
He joined David Harris of the Jets on the Second Team All-Pro. Willis and Ray Lewis of the Ravens were named to the First Team as inside linebackers. |
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Jon Beason to Guest Star on the Rachael Ray Show |
By playerpress.com wire service / February 1, 2009 |
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Everyone knows Jon Beason can serve it up on the football field – the third-year linebacker led the Carolina Panthers in tackles this season, played in the Pro Bowl and was named Second Team All-Pro.
Now, Beason wants to prove he can cook in the kitchen.
Beason, along with Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne and New York Giants tackle Kareem McKenzie, will be guest stars on the Rachael Ray Show. The show airs Thursday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. EST.
The show is being called “Super Bowl Recipe III,” the third annual battle of NFL stars in the kitchen. Singer Nick Lachey will be a guest judge.
Beason will make pork chops parmigiana.
Beason finished the 2009 season with 142 total tackles, tied for 2nd in the NFL, to go with three sacks, three interceptions and a forced fumble. He made his second straight Pro Bowl appearance on Sunday and was named All-Pro for the second straight season. |
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Jon Beason Named Second Team All-Pro |
By playerpress.com wire service / January 14, 2009 |
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He wasn’t invited to the Pro Bowl, so Carolina Panthers middle linebacker and defensive captain Jon Beason will have to settle for a far more impressive honor: Second Team All-Pro inside linebacker.
Beason, who was a First Team All-Pro pick in 2009 and played in the Pro Bowl last season, felt vindicated by the All-Pro selection. Beason, 25, felt snubbed that he wasn’t picked as one of the NFC’s two Pro Bowl inside linebackers this season. Patrick Willis of the 49ers and Jonathan Vilma of the Saints instead were selected to go, and London Fletcher of the Redskins was picked as the first alternate.
“All-Pro or Pro Bowl? Enough said,” Beason said after his All-Pro selection.
Beason, the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 16, helped a Panthers team that was decimated by injuries go from an 0-3 start to winning four of their last five and finishing 8-8.
Beason finished with 134 total tackles, tied for 2nd in the NFL, to go with three sacks, three interceptions and a forced fumble.
He joined David Harris of the Jets on the Second Team All-Pro. Willis and Ray Lewis of the Ravens were named to the First Team as inside linebackers. |
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Beason: NFC Defensive Player of the Week |
By playerpress.com wire service / December 31, 2009 |
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He wasn’t selected for the Pro Bowl, but Carolina Panthers middle linebacker and defensive captain earned some measure of respect by being named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 16 in the NFL.
Beason made 13 tackles, had a sack and a key forced fumble in a 41-9 victory over the New York Giants that lifted the Panthers to 7-8 with one game left in the regular season.
Beason, who was a member of the NFC Pro Bowl squad and earned First Team All-Pro honors after his second season last year, was selected as only a second alternate to the Pro Bowl this season despite having 134 total tackles, tied for 2nd in the NFL, to go with three sacks, three interceptions and a forced fumble. Patrick Willis of the 49ers is the Pro Bowl starter and Jonathan Vilma of the Saints is the reserve despite having just 110 tackles, two sacks and no forced fumbles.
Last year, Beason joined superstars Ray Lewis, DeMarcus Ware and James Harrison as First Team All-Pro linebackers. |
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Beason Named All-Pro |
By playerpress.com wire service / January 9, 2009 |
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The awards just keep rolling in for Jon Beason.
In just his second season in the NFL, Beason, the starting middle linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, was named First Team All-Pro.
He joins superstars Ray Lewis, DeMarcus Ware and AP Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison as All-Pro linebackers.
“When you make All-Pro, especially first team, it’s the pinnacle,” Beason said. “It doesn’t get any better than that. To have people take notice and say you’re the best of the best, that is a great tribute, a great honor.”
Beason was selected over fellow second-year linebacker Patrick Willis of San Francisco. Willis was named a starter on the NFC Pro Bowl team while Beason was named the backup.
Beason also was named the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Year for the month of October this season.
What’s scary for NFC offenses is that Beason, who led the Panthers in tackles for the second straight season with 138, feels he can still get better.
“In my short career I’ve developed a routine of what’s going to work for me to be successful in this league year after year,” he said. “Barring catastrophic injury, I feel I can play at this level for a very long time.
“I’m still young in this game and I still make mistakes. To me, I’m not satisfied. I think I can play better, more flawlessly. That’s really my goal.” |
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Beason Selected for Pro Bowl |
By playerpress.com wire service / November 16, 2008 |
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Carolina Panthers middle linebacker Jon Beason today was selected to his first Pro Bowl in just his second year in the NFL.
Beason, named Defensive Captain of the Panthers this season, has racked up a team-leading 134 tackles in 14 games and also is tied for the team lead in interceptions with three.
Beason, a first-round draft pick out of Miami in 2007, said he was emotional after being selected a Pro Bowl reserve for the NFC, behind San Francisco’s Kevin Willis.
“I’m emotional and didn’t think I would be,” Beason said. “It means a lot to know your peers recognize the way you play and to have all the hard work pay off is a dream come true.”
Beason was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for October, a month punctuated when Beason made a big interception in the fourth quarter to help seal a 27-23 victory over Arizona in Week 8.
The Panthers, 11-3, also will send wide receiver Steve Smith, offensive lineman Jordan Gross and defensive end Julius Peppers to Hawaii. |
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| Beason: NFC Player of the Month |
By playerpress.com wire service / November 6, 2008 |
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Carolina Panthers middle linebacker Jon Beason was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for October, becoming only the third Panther to win the award.
(Trivia: Who were the two others, and what year? Answer below.)
Beason, a first-round draft pick in 2007 out of Miami, is in his second year as a starter for the Panthers. In October he led the team with 37 tackles and had two interceptions, one of which he returned 44 yards, as Carolina went 3-1.
“I’ve never really been big on the individual stuff,” Beason said. “It feels good, it’s something to strive for, but I want to be a champion—not the Defensive Player of the Month. If you win an award, that’s like a bonus, but winning a Super Bowl dominates my thoughts and dreams and just about everything I do.”
Beason, the team’s defensive captain, set a franchise record last season with 160 tackles and this year is second in the NFC with 79, behind only Patrick Willis of the 49ers with 82.
Beason added 14 more last Sunday in a win over Oakland, the fifth time in nine games this season he’s been in double digits.
Panthers coach John Fox told beat reporters that Beason has improved with experience.
“He was late to camp a year ago,” Fox said. “He started at outside linebacker and was moved to middle linebacker. Being a rookie is enough of a problem in itself and then to change positions … I’m sure he’d tell you he’s a lot more comfortable. He’s more comfortable with the league. He’s got more of a pro body now as far as off-season conditioning and length of season and the things that go along with that maturity.”
Trivia answer: Julius Peppers, October 2006, and Sam Mills, November 1995 and ’96.
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| Beason: Ray Lewis, 10 Years Younger? |
By playerpress.com wire service / August 13, 2008 |
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He’s a linebacker. A first-round draft pick out of Miami. He wears No. 52 and he hits like few in the NFL can.
If you’re thinking about Ray Lewis, you wouldn’t be wrong. But we’re also describing Carolina Panthers’ second-year middle linebacker Jon Beason, a dominant hitter and tackler in the mold of Lewis—only, at 23, 10 years younger.
But Beason is more than a Lewis clone, though being compared to a sure-fire Hall of Famer is never a bad thing. Beason is carving out his own niche, racking up 140 tackles as a rookie for the Panthers last season, tops on his team. When he wasn’t taking down ballcarriers he was blowing up blockers and filling up passing lanes.
“I think it’s an honor to be compared to him,” Beason said of Lewis. “For me, I always wanted to be like Ray Lewis and cover like Derrick Brooks. Being compared to a definite Hall of Famer is a good starting block for me, it gives me something to strive for.”
At 6-0, 237 pounds, Beason has the strength required of a linebacker while adding surprising speed from sideline-to-sideline as well as quickness in all directions. He’s also fundamentally sound, and in just his second year he will be counted on to be the quarterback of the Panthers’ defense. He’ll even wear the headset inside his helmet, so the defensive coordinator can communicate the signals to Beason, who will relay them to the rest of the defense after customizing the call based on alignment, stance and formation of the offense.
And once he gets to a ballcarrier, few in the league can finish a play like Beason, who is looking to improve on a rookie year that saw him place second in the voting for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
“Right now I’m working extremely hard, training even harder than I did last year, just because of the simple fact that everyone talks about the sophomore slump,” Beason said. “I know by any stretch of the imagination I’m not a fluke. I want to be one of the top guys every year, right up there with the best of them.”
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