#11

Beanie Bishop

Senior cornerback for West Virginia. 2023: 4 interceptions, 20 pass breakups, 67 tackles.

CB · West Virginia · Sr. · #11

5′10″ · 184 lb · Louisville, KY

CFB Index 95 · #3 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamWest Virginia 2023 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback for West Virginia. 2023: 4 interceptions, 20 pass breakups, 67 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2018.
Transferred from Minnesota to West Virginia in 2023.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2420 nationally · Signed with Western Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Six seasons at West Virginia, 168 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Western Kentucky2-star out of Pleasure Ridge Park

202111 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAfirst

202312 games

Entered the portal
All-Big 12first

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2420 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019–2023

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Western Kentucky3-9HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced

2019Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2021Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

95All-America level #3 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#1 / 2842 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#55 / 2842 · 98th pct

Interceptions#20 / 827 · 95th pct

Tackles#254 / 2842 · 91st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2235 / 2842 · 18th pct

0.5

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.4	0.0	0.0	2.0
Road5g	5.8	0.1	0.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	0.1	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.0	0.0	2.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 339 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

95 · #3 of 339 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	West Virginia	67	54	0.5	0.0	20	4	--
2022	Minnesota	28	20	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2021	Western Kentucky	42	33	6.5	0.0	4	3	--
2020	Western Kentucky	14	13	2.0	0.0	4	--	--
2019	Western Kentucky	16	11	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Western Kentucky	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		168	132	10.0	1.0	30	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 56–17

vs Duquesne

1 PD · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 39-point win at home against Duquesne.

With G. Greene — 240 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.4 · 33 rush yds (5 car) · H. Clement — 5 rec · 177 yds · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 15-38@ Penn State	7	5	0.5	—	1
Wk 2	W 56-17vs Duquesne	2	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	W 17-6vs Pittsburgh	7	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 20-13vs Texas Tech	5	5	0.0	—	3
Wk 5	W 24-21@ TCU	9	7	0.0	—	2	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 7	L 39-41@ Houston	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 34-48vs Oklahoma State	6	4	0.0	—	4
Wk 9	W 41-28@ UCF	4	4	0.0	2	1
Wk 10	W 37-7vs BYU	5	4	0.0	—	5
Wk 11	L 20-59@ Oklahoma	8	7	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	W 42-21vs Cincinnati	5	5	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 30-10vs North Carolina	8	6	0.0	—	0
Total		67	54	0.5	4	20

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Beanie Bishop

2018

202111 games

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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