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54 Nick Becton
  • Position
  • Class
  • Height
  • Weight
  • High School/Other
  • Hometown
  • Offensive Tackle
  • r-Junior
  • 6' 6"
  • 326 lbs.
  • New Hanover
  • Wilmington, N.C.

2011: Rotated with Andrew Lanier at left tackle … Played in all 14 games ... Played over 450 snaps on offense and 66 on special teams for a total of over 500 ... Played 42 snaps and graded out with a 90 percent blocking efficiency against Appalachian State ... Saw action for 33 snaps at ECU ... Graded out at 87 percent with a knockdown on 40 plays in the win over Arkansas State ... Worked 44 offensive snaps and graded out at 88 percent in the win at Marshall ... Graded 82 percent with a knockdown against Clemson ... Saw action for 31 snaps in the win over Miami ... Worked 31 more snaps at Wake Forest with two knockdowns ... Had an 84 percent grade with two knockdown blocks against BC ... Had a knockdown at Duke while grading 82 percent ... Graded out with an 85 percent blocking efficiency during 35 snaps at Georgia Tech ... Picked up two knockdowns against UNC ... Recorded 23 snaps and a knockdown at Virginia ... Had a 91 percent grade in 23 snaps with three knockdowns in the ACC Championship Game against Clemson.

2010: Played in 12 games and had nine knockdown blocks … Battled turf toe for most of preseason camp … Saw his first action with 25 snaps against East Carolina … Played 16 snaps at Boston College with a pair of knockdown blocks … Added an additional seven plays at NC State … Worked 20 snaps in the Central Michigan game … Picked up 33 snaps during the Wake Forest game and another 36 plays against Duke … Was in on 30 plays against Miami and 17 versus Virginia … Had three knockdowns over 24 plays in the ACC title game against FSU … Played in the Orange Bowl … Ran a 4.96 in the forty during off-season workouts.

2009: Was in for 16 offensive snaps at left tackle against Marshall … Picked up eight plays in the Boston College and delivered a knockdown block … Got four plays at tackle during the Maryland game … Worked 15 snaps on offense against NC State … Had three plays at tackle during the Virginia game and got seven plays on the extra point/field goal team … His 31 1/2 inch vertical jump was the second-best among the offensive linemen during off-season workouts … Moved to the top of the depth chart at left tackle during spring workouts.

2008: Redshirted while working with the scout team offense at right tackle … Improved in three of the four main lifts during off-season strength and conditioning tests … Opened spring practice working at left tackle and finished No. 2 on the depth chart.

High School: A two-way starter along the line for Coach Kevin Motsinger … Rated the No. 26 offensive tackle in the country by ESPN.com/Scouts, Inc. … Ranked the No. 29 offensive tackle in the country by SuperPrep … Ranked the No. 36 offensive tackle in the country by rivals.com … Listed as the No. 10 player in the Tar Heel State by rivals.com … Rated the No. 16 prospect in North Carolina by SuperPrep … Named first-team all-state by The Associated Press as a senior.

Personal: Nicholas Julian Becton … Born 2/11/90 in Fayetteville, NC … Son of Nick Becton and Dale Pelsey-Becton … Majoring in apparel, housing and resource management (residential property management).