Abdul Beecham was sitting in psychology class last Monday when his phone lit up with a text. It was from K-State offensive line coach Charlie Dickey telling Beecham he’d be moving from backup tackle to starting guard.
“I was in class and I’m just sitting there sweating,” Beecham said Tuesday. “I’m like man, I’m playing a position I’ve never played before.”
When he says he’s never played guard before, he means it. He only played tackle his one semester at Blinn College, where he was named to the Honorable Mention All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference offensive lineman as a freshman in 2015 after not allowing a sack the entire season.