CARD: Topps XFL 2020
ACQUIRED: IP, XFL 2023 Championship Game

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Willie Beavers was a 4th round pick out of Western Michigan by the Minnesota Vikings in 2016.
• Beavers has kept the dream alive and his agent busy since then, seeing tours with the Vikings, Patriots and Seahawks in 2016-’17.
• After concluding his time with the Seahawks in 2018, spent a bit of time with the Bears as well that year.
• After a short stint with the 9ers in 2019, played for the XFL Dallas Renegades in 2020.
• Great film allowed him to return to the NFL, where Willie got practice squad for the Falcons later that year and into 2021.
• Signed with the Commanders in ’22, but was injured and released.
• Returned to the XFL to play with the Arlington Renegades in 2023, starting 5 contests.

NOTES:

The Renegades had just pulled off a huge upset in the XFL Championship game over the Defenders, and after the celebration at midfield, Dallas players were rightfully a combination of delirious, elated, and exhausted. Willie was slowly milling off the field, and as the throng of people around me called him over, he didn’t budge until I called him by name. He slowly ambled over took selfies and signed a card for me. I told him how much I appreciate every one of them and to keep living the dream!