| There are fewer teams in the NFL with a
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| | sophomore year, he earned second team
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| more uncertain future than the Miami
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| | All-Mountain West honors and broke both
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| Dolphins. Miami, a team that has been
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| | the BYU single game sophomore record and
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| neither horrible or wonderful over the
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| | the Mountain West Conference record with
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| past few seasons, has struggled at the
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| | 67 pass attempts against UNLV. This
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| quarterback position. After trading for
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| | season he also averaged 233 yards a game,
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| Dante Culpepper - a former Minnesota
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| | passing the three thousand yard make. In
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| Vikings star - the Dolphins seemed to
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| | the game against San Diego, Beck received
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| have found the answer. Until, that is,
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| | a quarterback rating of 204.8.
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| this answer returned to a question when
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| | During his junior year, Beck saw his
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| the season began. Not only did Culpepper
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| | stock take off as he received All-Moutain
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| start out with mediocre performances, but
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| | West Conference first team honors, and
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| he finished on the injured reserve list.
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| | team Most Valuable Player. Ranked fifth
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| The occurrences of last season left the
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| | nationally, Beck averaged 309 yards per
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| Dolphins without a quarterback of the
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| | game. He was ranked as one of the top 30
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| future, forcing them to draft a person to
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| | players in the Mountain West Conference
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| fill the role. After receiving criticism
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| | by College Football News and ranked in
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| for passing on Brady Quinn, the Dolphins
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| | the top-40 quarterbacks in the US by
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| took John Beck. Beck, the former Brigham
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| | College Football Preview.
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| Young quarterback, was taken by the Miami
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| | In Beck's senior year, ESPN ranked him as
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| Dolphins in the 2007 draft. Chosen with
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| | the second best quarterback in the nation
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| their second pick, Beck was 40th overall.
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| | for efficiency. After leading BYU to a
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| Born was born in Hayward, California,
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| | 10-2 record, Beck was a finalist for the
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| Beck attended high school in Mesa Arizona
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| | Unitas Golden Arm Award and was even
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| where he was a football star. During his
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| | mentioned in some Heisman conversations.
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| junior and senior years, he quarterbacked
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| | Beck's senior year, and his collegiate
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| his team to a 25-2 record, including a
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| | career, ended when BYU beat Oregon 38-8
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| state championship. This led to a large
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| | in the Las Vegas Bowl. During this game,
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| amount of honors including first team
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| | Beck threw for 375 yards and two
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| all-state, USA Today All American
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| | touchdowns, while running for 26 yards
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| honorable mention, Offensive Player of
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| | and one touchdown.
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| the Year, Outstanding Male Scholar
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| | As for this season, Beck will probably
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| Athlete honors and the Arizona High
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| | see little - if any - playing time. Once
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| School Football Player of the Year.
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| | his Rookie season is under his belt, he
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| Beck was recruited by BYU and began his
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| | might surprise some people, leaving
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| career as a true freshman. During his
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| | Dolphin fans to ask "Brady who?
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