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ASU: Senior who provides depth along the defensive front...will compete for playing time on the defensive line...spent the 2001 summer selling ASU football season tickets in the Sun Devil Athletic Ticket Office...one of six players on the Sun Devil roster who has already earned his undergraduate degree. 2001: Played in three games...recorded one assisted tackle against San Diego State. 2000: Saw limited action in 2000. 1999: Played in one game, making his Sun Devil debut against New Mexico State. 1998: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 1998 graduate of DeSoto (Texas) High School... lettered three times in football and once in basketball... captain of the varsity football team his junior and senior seasons... top 100 area selection in the Dallas/Fort Worth area by the Dallas Morning News ... 88th ranked player in Texas by Big 12 Recruiting... second-team all-district pick his junior year... earned first-team all-district his senior season... tallied 59 tackles, four sacks, 22 hurries, two fumble recoveries, two fumbles caused and one interception his senior year ... had 115 tackles at the end of his varsity campaign ... recorded nine tackles, one fumble recovery and was named the Defensive MVP against Arlington Sam Houston ... registered 11 tackles and earned Defensive MVP honors against Arlington Martin.
PERSONAL: Has earned his bachelor's degree in communications...parents are James (Exxon Gas Company manager) Sr. and Rubye (Director of Human Resources, Pillow, Texas) Beal ... has two younger brothers, Jermaine and Jared ... cousins Thomas Everett played with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Teresa Weatherspoon with the WNBA's New York Liberty ... lists most exciting experience in sports as playing in the playoffs two consecutive years in Texas Stadium (Cotton Bowl) ... born May 18, 1980, in Dallas, Texas... full name is James Carnell Beal.
