Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Kansas
D.J. Beshears
WR • 5'9" • Denton, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
D.J. Beshears reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Player Story
D.J. Beshears built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Denton, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of D.J. Beshears' career was his return-game role: 2,201...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
D.J. Beshears, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Kansas. D.J. Beshears reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 550
- Receptions
- 58
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
D.J. Beshears quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 550
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Georgia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Clarkston · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Clarkston · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2012
- 2012 Receiving yards rank
- 44 receiving yards · WR 688th (top 78%) · Big 12 99th (top 68%) · National 1,200th (top 67%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 32.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 40 | 437 | 4 | 76.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 28.1 |
Related Context
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D.J. Beshears played WR for Kansas. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. Beshears recorded 369 rushing yards, 550 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Kansas paired 437 primary output with 68.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 37.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
5.5
Efficiency
37.6
Usage
15.7
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
South Dakota State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 27. Rice: 11. TCU: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Kansas State: 6. Oklahoma State: 0. Iowa State: 0. West Virginia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota State: 5 by 36. Rice: 2 by 36.7. Kansas State: 1 by 40
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27 · Games = 1 · +24.6 vs Losses
Losses2.4 · Games = 7 · -24.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Dakota State
Best efficiency game
40 vs Kansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/1 | @ West Virginia | L 10-59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | vs Iowa State | L 23-51 | — | — | — | 13.3 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Oklahoma State | L 14-20 | — | — | — | 4.2 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Kansas State | L 16-56 | — | 1 | 6 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Northern Illinois | L 23-30 | — | — | — | 9.5 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs TCU | L 6-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Rice | L 24-25 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs South Dakota State | W 31-17 | — | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 5.40 | 0 | 9 |
Player Story
D.J. Beshears story
D.J. Beshears built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Denton, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of D.J. Beshears' career was his return-game role: 2,201 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Kansas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 369 rushing yards and 550 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas.
The arc is straightforward: D.J. Beshears moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Kansas
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Kansas | 69 | 45.7 | 7.9 | 69 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Kansas | 437 | 68.2 | 21.9 | 368 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Kansas | 44 | 37.6 | 15.7 | -393 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia Tech
Week 3 · L 24-66
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
65 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#2
vs Texas Tech
Week 5 · L 34-45 · Conference game
76
Receiving Yards
87.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Northern Illinois
Week 2 · W 45-42
70
Receiving Yards
86.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
70 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs South Dakota State
Week 1 · W 31-17
27
Receiving Yards
78 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
27 receiving yards with a 36 efficiency score.
#5
@ Iowa State
Week 10 · L 10-13 · Conference game
45
Receiving Yards
73.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
45 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Kansas
437 primary output · 68.2 efficiency · 21.9 usage
76.1
#2
2010 Regular Season · Kansas
32.4
69 primary · 45.7 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Kansas
28.1
44 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 15.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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