Giants.com has a biography of Travis Beckum:
OVERVIEW
It seems that every time someone doubts Beckum’s ability, he proves everyone wrong. When he first arrived on campus, the coaching staff doubted that he would be anything more than a “warm body” sitting on the bench. After all, how many 215-pound defensive ends have ever played in the [...]
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April 26, 2009
Travis Beckum is an athletic tight end. Had a huge junior season, but a broken left fibula sidelined him for his senior year. More of a wideout in a 6-3 240 frame, Beckum is pretty fast for a tight end. Good hands. Good route runner. Still somewhat raw as he started at Wisconsin as a linebacker. Not [...]
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April 26, 2009
Here is Travis Beckum’s scouting report from draftcountdown.com:
Strengths:
Excellent athleticism…Great speed and quickness with a burst…Long arms…Very soft hands…Terrific body control and ball skills…Good leaper…Smooth and runs good routes…Can get down the seam and stretch the field vertically…Shows some elusiveness after the...
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April 26, 2009
With the 100th pick, the Giants selected Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin. More to come
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April 26, 2009
With the 100th overall pick in the NFL Draft the New York Giants select Wisconsin TE Travis Beckum. Playing tight end in the Big Ten Conference at...
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April 26, 2009
Tom Coughlin was on NFL Network talking about the three receivers/tight end the Giants selected. Tom Rock of Newsday has the story:
Tom Coughlin was on NFL Network just a few minutes ago and was talking about three picks in particular: Hakeem Nicks, Ramses Barden and Travis Beckum.
It sounds like they’ll want to get these guys going [...]
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April 27, 2009
NFC East: New York Giants: Round 1: Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina Round 2: Clint Sintim, LB, Virginia Round 2B: William Beatty, OT, UCONN Round 3: Ramses Barden, WR, Cal Poly Round 3B: Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin Round 4: Andre Brown, RB,
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