Missouri State

Football August 18, 2016

Bears Preseason Preview: Safeties

Bears Preseason Preview: Safeties

Letterwinners returning/lost: 3/1
Starters returning/lost: 2/0

Another position group brimming with talent figures to be MSU's safety corps, with three veterans who earned significant starting experience last fall returning for coach Kenji Jackson.
An MVFC All-Newcomer Team selection in 2015, Jared Beshore wasted little time in leaving his mark on the MSU defense as a rookie, averaging 6.4 tackles per game to rank among the top 20 defenders in the conference; he made 10 starts as the Bears' free safety as a freshman, logging 70 total tackles to finish as MSU's third-leading tackler after averaging 6.8 stops in league play.
Beshore tallied 43 solo stops — second only to Cole's 73 solo tackles on the club — and brought down a career-best 14 ball-carriers against UNI, nine of which were solo tackles.
Opposite Beshore, fellow sophomores Tre Betts and Anthony Upchurch split time as starters, combining for 80 total tackles and three of the squad's six interceptions on the season.
Highly-touted redshirt freshmen Cameron Price and Kam Carter will join the mix this fall as well; Carter made 92 tackles as a senior at Arlington (Texas) High School, and Price was a St. Louis all-metro selection after picking off eight passes for Hazelwood Central High as a senior.
Additionally, freshman Austin Henderson brings a strong prep resume as a two-time all-state selection to MSU.

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