Eric Beavers (born October 3, 1964) is a former

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. Beavers played three seasons in the

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for the

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in Austria. He also played one season with the

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of the

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. He played college football at the

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and attended Davis High School in

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Early years

Beavers earned four

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in baseball and football at Davis High School. He played free safety and quarterback as a junior in football. He was not a full-time starter at quarterback until his senior year when he threw for 1,600 yards and twelve touchdowns while leading Davis to a 6–2–1 record and the Delta League championship. Beavers was named the league's Offensive Player of the Year and also earned second-team All-Metro honors in the

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area. He had a .340

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in baseball his senior season.

College career

Beavers played for the

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of the

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from 1983 to 1986. He

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in 1982. He helped the Wolf Pack advance to the

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semifinals in 1983, passing for 832 yards and nine touchdowns while also rushing for 199 yards and a touchdown. Beavers led the

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in passing efficiency in his first full season as a starter in 1984 while passing for 2,370 yards and 16 touchdowns. He also rushed for 195 yards and three touchdowns in 1984. In 1985, he led the Big Sky in passing efficiency for the second straight year and threw for 27 touchdowns and 2,617 yards. Beavers also led the Wolf Pack to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs and earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors. He recorded 26 passing touchdowns his senior year in 1986, earned All-Big Sky and Big Sky Conference Offensive MVP honors, and led the Wolf Pack to a 13–1 record. He helped the Wolf Pack advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs for the third time in 1986. Beavers finished his college career as the school's career leader in touchdown passes with 78, passing yards with 8,629, total offense with 9,028 yards and pass completions with 642. He was also named to the Big Sky All-Academic Team in 1985 and 1986. He was inducted into the University of Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.

Professional career

Beavers played for the

of the

from 1991 to 1993. Beavers was named league MVP 1992 and Giants team MVP in 1991, leading the Giants to win the Austrian Bowl league championship defeating the

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. He played for the

in the teams only Arena season in 1988. The team folded after that season. He relieved starting quarterback Matt Stevens in the fourth quarter of a 66–32 win over the Pittsburgh Gladiators and threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Joe Kelly.

Coaching career

Beavers later spent a year each as a graduate assistant for the Nevada Wolf Pack and

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. He also coached and played in

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for three years. He has served as an assistant coach at Woodland High School in

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, Davis High School in Davis, California,

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and

South Tahoe High School South Tahoe High School (STHS) is a public high school in South Lake Tahoe, California, United States. It was established in 1952 and is the only high school that belongs to the Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD). The school mascot is the ...

in South Lake Tahoe, California. Beavers has also been the head coach at South Tahoe and the

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head coach for one year at Woodland. He has also tries to teach History according to him at South Tahoe.

References

External links

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