Jake Bequette was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round (90th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Jake Bequette was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round (90th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.
SEASONAL REVIEWS
2012 (3/0, 0/0)
- Was inactive for both playoff games.
- Made his NFL debut as a reserve on defense at Buffalo (9/30).
- Was inactive for the first three games of the season and vs. Houston (1/13), vs. Miami (12/30), at Jacksonville (12/23), vs. San Francisco (12/16), vs. Houston (12/10), at N.Y. Jets (11/22), vs. Indianapolis (11/18), vs. Buffalo (11/11), vs. N.Y. Jets (10/21), at Seattle (10/14) and vs. Denver (10/7).
COLLEGE
- Bequette appeared in 48 games for Arkansas, starting 42 contests.
- Recorded 126 tackles (64 solo) with 23½ sacks for minus 165 yards, 32.5 stops for losses totaling 198 yards and 35 quarterback pressures.
- Caused eight fumbles and recovered three others, adding a safety and five pass deflections.
- Was one of four players in school history to register 20.0 sacks during a career, ranking third on the all-time list while joining Wayne Martin (25.5; 1985-88), Henry Ford (25.0; 1990-93) and Steven Conley (21.0; 1992-95).
- His 10.0 sacks in 2011 rank sixth on the school season-record chart.
- His seven sacks in 2010 tied Ron Faurot (1983), Scott Long (1989), Marcus Adair (1993), Melvin Bradley (1996) and C.J. McLain (1998) for ninth on the Razorbacks’ annual list.
- His three sacks vs. Mississippi State in 2009 were the most by an Arkansas player in a regular season game since Wayne Martin registered five vs. Mississippi in 1988 and he matched that figure again against South Carolina in 2011.
- Tied Jamaal Anderson (2004-06) for 10th place on the Razorbacks career-record list with 32.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage.
- Bequette’s three tackles-for-loss vs. Mississippi State in 2009 were the most by a UA performer in a regular season game since Desmond Sims tallied 4.5 stops vs. South Carolina in 2005 (note-Anthony Leon would record four stops-for-loss vs. Tennessee Tech in 2010 and Jamaal Anderson also had four, coming vs. Wisconsin in the 2007 Capital One Bowl).
- Recorded 23 of his tackles inside the red zone, including five on goal-line plays.
PERSONAL
- Born Feb. 21, 1989, he is the son of Jay and Cindy Bequette.
- He earned his bachelor’s degree in finance.
- He is the fourth member of the Bequette family to play football at Arkansas.
- His father played from 1980-82, his uncle Chris from 1984-87 and his grandfather George from 1954-56. He was named to the SEC’s Freshman Academic Honor Roll and Arkansas’ Lon Farrell Academic Honor Roll for the 2007-08 academic year, and to the Razorback Honor Roll for the 2008-09 year.
- He was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the Athletic Director’s List in the fall of 2009 and the fall of 2010.
