Antonio Dwight Beckham (born October 1, 1978) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

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. He was drafted by the

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in the fourth round of the

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. He played college football at Wisconsin–Stout. Beckham also played for the

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Personal life

On January 14, 2019, Beckham found a 48-year-old man outside his house allegedly looking into his daughter's window with a hand down his pants. Beckham then chased the man down, tackled him, and held the alleged "peeping tom" until police arrived.

References

External links

Detroit Lions bio

Peeping Tom Incident
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beckham, Tony 1978 births Living people Ocala High School alumni American football cornerbacks Detroit Lions players Tennessee Titans players Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils football players Players of American football from Gainesville, Florida