University of Connecticut Athletics
2018 Football Roster
Tyraiq Beals
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- East Orange, NJ
- High School:
- East Orange
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2018: Played in all 12 games during final season at UConn… Made five starts… Hauled in seven passes for 90 yards… Made one catch for 29 yards at Syracuse (9/22)… Recorded a 33-yard reception at Tulsa (11/3)… Registered an 11-yard catch at ECU (11/17).
2017: Played in all 12 games, started in five…Career-high 30 receptions for 266 yards…Hauled in career-high 76 receiving yards at SMU (Sept. 30)…Recorded at least one reception in 10 games…Season-high five catches vs. Holy Cross (Aug. 31) and at SMU (Sept. 30).2016: Played in 12 games, started in two...Hauled in seven receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown...Compiled a career-high 68 yards receiving vs. Cincinnati (Oct. 8)...Returned 12 kickoffs for 186 yards.
2016: Played in 12 games, started in two...Hauled in seven receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown...Compiled a career-high 68 yards receiving vs. Cincinnati (Oct. 8)...Returned 12 kickoffs for 186 yards.
2015: True freshman who played in all 13 games and started six...was third on the team in receptions with 24 for 275 yards and two touchdowns...had a career-high six receptions for 63 yards and a TD vs. Navy (Sept. 26)...also had a receiving TD vs. USF (Oct. 17)...had two kickoff returns for 41 yards.
High School: Played wide receiver at East Orange High...ranked the No. 30 prospect in the Rivals.com New Jersey Postseason Top 35...finished his senior season with 71 receptions for 1,198 yards and 16 touchdowns...second-leading receiver by yardage and receptions in New Jersey in 2014...named Third Team All-State by NJ.com...also a sprinter for East Orange, part of the New Jersey's top 4x200 meter relay team, a team that recorded the 11th-fastest high school time in the nation in 2014...an exploratory major.
Personal: An urban and community studies major..
TYRAIQ BEALS' CAREER HIGHS Most Rec.: 6, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Rec. Yards: 68, vs. Cincinnati, 10/8/16Â Most Rec. TDs: 1 (3x), last vs. Cincinnati, 10/8/16Â Longest Reception: 39, vs. Navy, 9/26/15
