EAST CAROLINA PRO DAY BIOS – 2015 SENIORS 47 JETON BEAVERS Outside Linebacker 6-5, 261, One Letter Virginia Beach, Va. (Bayside HS) A highly-regarded prospect out of high school who battled through an injury-plagued collegiate career at East Carolina … Missed the last two spring practice periods (lower back/2014, right shoulder/2015) which limited development and prevented consistent inclusion on program’s depth chart at the outside linebacking position … Played in only three combined contests as a freshman, sophomore and senior, but did contribute as a defensive reserve and special teams member during junior campaign … In all, experienced action in 15 career games and logged three stops … Although action on the field was limited, displayed growth in strength and conditioning program when healthy … Owns a back squat of 605 pounds, a bench press of 365 and a pro shuttle time of 4.55. 2015: Earned two-deep standing as the top reserve at the “will” position after completion of fall camp … Experienced action in the first two contests against Towson and Florida, but did not record any statistics … Participated on special teams and defensive unit against Tigers before suffering left knee injury on defense against the Gators … Did not play in remaining 10 games (because of aforementioned injury). 2014: Appeared in 12 games in a reserve linebacking and special teams role, and was credited with a pair of tackles (one solo) … Did not play at South Carolina … Recorded first stop in season opener against N.C. Central, which was a seven-yard sack in the third quarter ... Made other hit vs. Florida in the Birmingham Bowl at Legion Field to close out campaign. 2013: Played in the season opener vs. Old Dominion and was credited with a solo tackle against the Monarchs before separate right leg and lower back injuries sidelined him for the remainder of the year. 2012: Was hampered by a shoulder injury that kept him out of spring drills, and subsequently, did not experience game action during first active season on the roster. 2011: Made contributions on the scout squad during redshirt campaign as a true freshman … Signed with the Pirates in February. High School: Played both tight end and defensive end for the Marlins as a senior … Guided Bayside to a 13-1 record and the Virginia High School League Group AAA Division 6 state semifinals during final campaign … Team suffered only loss of the season in semifinals, falling 42-27 to Hermitage … At the start of the second half of Hermitage contest, returned a fumble 72 yards for a score that pulled the Marlins to within one … Selected to the Honorable Mention All-Beach District Team following final season … Totaled seven tackles and a sack in Bayside’s 33-13 victory over Woodside in the Eastern Region semifinal … Tallied seven tackles, three for lost yardage and a fumble recovery during a blanking of Landstown in the third week of the season … An integral part of a defense that surrendered just 15 points per game and posted a pair of shutouts … Did not participate as a sophomore or junior … Played the final three games of freshman season at the varsity level after earning a promotion from JV squad … Was clocked at 4.7 seconds in the 40-yard dash during prep testing day … Played for head coach Darnell Moore. Personal: Full name is Jeton Donavon Beavers … Born December 6, 1992 at Virginia Beach, Va. … Has pair of cousins that also play or played collegiate football, both defensive ends – Eli Harold (Virginia) and Sage Harold (James Madison) … Earned a bachelor’s degree in university studies during ECU’s Fall Commencement on December 18, 2015. BEAVERS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year G/GS UT AT TOT SKS TFL FF FR INT PB QBH 2012 0/0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2013 1/0 1 0 1 0.0 1.0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2014 12/0 1 1 2 1.0 1.0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2015 2/0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Totals 15/0 2 1 3 1.0 2.0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Career-high tackles – 1 (three times), last vs. Florida (01/03/15) 44 ZEEK BIGGER Inside Linebacker 6-2, 216, Four Letters Gastonia (Ashbrook HS) A former special teams stalwart who quickly developed into a three-year all-conference performer and moved to the cusp of the national awards stage as East Carolina’s starting “mike” linebacker … Earned selection to the 2015 Chuck Bednarik Award, Dick Butkus Award and Rotary Lombardi Award Watch Lists prior to senior season … Recorded multiple stops in 42 of 51 career games, including 38-straight to end career … Tallied at least five tackles on 34 occasions (and had 10-plus 12 times) … Made 34 starts and produced a total of 333 tackles (164 solo) – good enough for 10th on ECU’s all-time career tackle list …Played in every contest (51) during collegiate career, never missing playing time due to an injury … Ranked among the FBS career leaders in assisted tackles (169/7th) and total tackles (12th) at close of senior campaign … Added 14.5 tackles for lost yardage (TFL), 3.0 sacks, 12 quarterback hurries, 10 batted passes and three interceptions (97 return yards) … Helped lead a defensive unit that held 10 opponents to 17 or fewer points and 14 to less than 100 rushing yards since the start of 2013 season … Participated in three consecutive bowl games as a redshirt freshman, sophomore and junior … Recorded lifts of 370 pounds (bench press), 525 (back squat) and 308 (power clean) in ECU’s strength program … Owned one of the better broad jumps (9’11”) and pro shuttle times (4.08) among position mates. 2015: Was the Pirates’ leading tackler for the second-straight year, logging 98 stops (51 solo) … Also topped unit with seven quarterback hurries … Earned First-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors after standing seventh in the league in tackles per game (8.2) … Additionally, was credited with 6.5 TFLs (-14 yards), 1.5 sacks (-6) and one batted pass (Temple) … Played in all 12 games with 11 starts (came off bench vs. UCF/coaches decision) … Recorded five or more stops in 11 contests and reached double-digit totals on four occasions – season-high 13 vs. Tulsa, 12 vs. USF, 11 vs. Navy and 10 in the season opener against Towson … Was team’s top tackler in seven games (Towson, Florida, SMU, Tulsa, Temple, USF and UCF) … Matched a career-best with 2.0 TFLs in season finale against Cincinnati, while also registering lost-yardage hits vs. Tulsa (1.5), Temple (1.0), UCF (1.0), Navy (0.5) and Towson (0.5) … Tallied only sacks (1.5) of season in third-quarter action against Tulsa during ECU’s 30-17 victory … Established personal bests with two quarterback hurries each vs. Florida and Golden Hurricane … Credited with single “pressures” against Virginia Tech, SMU and UCF … In addition to double-digit totals, also turned in one nine-tackle effort (Cincinnati), one eight-stop outing (UCF) and a pair of seven-hit performances (Florida, Temple) … Produced a season-high nine solo deliveries vs. USF at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium a week after netting a season-low four overall tackles (0 solo) at Connecticut … Easily led Pirates in stops during eight-game AAC schedule with 70 (40 solo) – 21 more than runner-up Jordan Williams (49) … Averaged nearly 10 tackles per game (9.5) in six home contests … Displayed a consistent level of play throughout the season, logging team-highs in stops during both the first (45) and second (53) halves of the campaign … Was ECU’s noted run-stopper with 81 (of 98) tackles coming on rushing plays (82.7 percent) ... Played key role in helping Pirate defense hold two opponents under the 100-yard rushing mark (40/SMU, 72/Temple) and four foes to 20 or less points (20/Towson, 17/Tulsa, 7/UCF, 19/Cincinnati) … Was a six-time game captain (Towson, Navy, Virginia Tech, Temple, USF, Cincinnati) ... Selected to Preseason All-American Athletic Conference (first-team) squads by Athlon Sports, Phil Steele Magazine and Sporting News. 2014: Topped all American Athletic Conference defenders with 140 tackles (66 solo) – the highest single-season total by a Pirate since Chris Moore tallied 148 in 2003 … Stood ninth nationally in tackles-per-game average (10.8) ... Earned Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors … Started all 13 games as a junior … Booked seven or more stops in 12 contests and reached double-digit tackle totals on seven occasions (11/N.C. Central, 13/South Carolina, 13/Virginia Tech, 17/North Carolina, 10/Cincinnati, 10/Tulane, 14/Tulsa and 14/UCF) ... Added a pair of nine-tackle performances (USF, Connecticut) and two seven-stop contests (SMU, Temple) ... Recorded a career-best 17 hits (seven solo) against No. 25 North Carolina, just seven shy of the school single-game record held by Pernell Griffin (2001) and Moore (2004) ... Tied for second (Montese Overton) with five quarterback hurries, establishing a career-best of three during the Pirates’ win at Virginia Tech ... Recovered first career fumble against UCF in the regular season finale at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium ... Booked a season-high 11 first half tackles against the Tar Heels on the way to a personal-best performance which garnered Walter Camp National Defensive Player-of-the-Week accolades ... Matched or set career-highs in tackles during first four games (entered season with a previous best of nine vs.