Senior defensive end for Michigan State. 2021: 5.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
6′2″ · 260 lb · Rochester Hills, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 2215 nationally · Signed with De La Salle Collegiate
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Michigan State. 2021: 5.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
Drew Beesley
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes. Four seasons at Michigan State, two different head coaches: Mark Dantonio and Mel Tucker. The receipt: 5 tackles against Purdue — Week 10, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Michigan State, 9 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (95th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #364 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Michigan State | 29 | 17 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Michigan State | 27 | 15 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 14 | 9 | 6.0 | 0.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 73 | 43 | 17.0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021
W 37–33
vs Michigan
1 TOT
Edged out Michigan at home in a shootout.
With B. Baringer — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 55 AVG · K. Walker — 197 rush yds (23 car) · 5 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21@ Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17@ Miami | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 23-20vs Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-33vs Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 29-40@ Purdue | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-21vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-56@ Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27vs Penn State | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 27 | 17 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jamil Muhammad’s 2021 season.
Matches Jamil on
Differs from Jamil on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jashaud Stewart's senior season at Arkansas (2022).
Matches Jashaud on
Player DNA