2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 12
Beau Atkinson
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 258
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Last School:
- North Carolina / Leesville Road
- Year:
- Graduate Student
Career Highs
Appeared in 13 games as a redshirt junior, totaling 224 snaps on the defensive line and on special teams...Finished the season with 11 tackles, 1.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries.
Redshirt Sophomore at North Carolina (2024)
Appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt sophomore, totaling 464 snaps on the defensive line and on special teams... Registering 35 tackles, 12.0 TFL, and 7.5 sacks...Ranked fifth in the ACC in total sacks.
Appeared in 13 games as a sophomore, totaling 306 snaps on the defensive line and on special teams... Registered 19 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
Did not appear in any game...Redshirted
Majoring In
- 6 Total Tackles vs. UConn (Dec. 28, 2024)
- 3.5 Sacks at Virginia (Nov. 2, 2024)
- 4.5 Tackles for Loss at Virginia (Nov. 2, 2024)
- 2025: OSU Scholar-Athlete
- 2024: Academic All-ACC
- 2023: Academic All-ACC
Appeared in 13 games as a redshirt junior, totaling 224 snaps on the defensive line and on special teams...Finished the season with 11 tackles, 1.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries.
- TEXAS (8/30): Posted two tackles on 38 snaps.
- GRAMBLING (9/6): Saw 12 total plays.
- OHIO (9/13): Grabbed two tackles, 1.0 sacks and 2.0 tackles for loss on 23 snaps.
- at WASHINGTON (9/27): Registered one tackle on 18 total plays.
- MINNESOTA (10/4): Tallied two tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss on 30 snaps.
- at ILLINOIS (10/11): Totaled one tackle on 24 plays.
- at WISCONSIN (10/18): Notched one tackle on 19 snaps.
- PENN STATE (11/1): Saw action in 14 plays.
- at PURDUE (11/8): Ended the game with 10 snaps.
- UCLA (11/15): Tallied one tackle on 19 plays.
- RUTGERS (11/22): Secured one tackle on 12 snaps.
Redshirt Sophomore at North Carolina (2024)
Appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt sophomore, totaling 464 snaps on the defensive line and on special teams... Registering 35 tackles, 12.0 TFL, and 7.5 sacks...Ranked fifth in the ACC in total sacks.
- at MINNESOTA (8/29): Tallied one tackle in 23 snaps played.
- CHARLOTTE (9/7): Played 27 total snaps.
- NC CENTRAL (9/14): Posted five tackles on 38 plays.
- JAME MADISON (9/21): Notched 1.0 sacks and 2.0 tackles for loss to go along with three tackles on 24 snaps.
- at DUKE (9/28): Secured two tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss on 31 plays.
- PITT (10/5): Totaled two tackles on 39 snaps.
- GEORGIA TECH (10/12): Ended the game with one tackle on 32 plays.
- at VIRGINIA (10/26): Finished the game with 2.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss and four tackles on 41 snaps.
- at FLORIDA STATE (11/2): Recorded a career-high 3.5 sacks and a career-high 4.5 tackles for loss to go along with five tackle on 25 total plays.
- WAKE FOREST (11/16): Posted one tackle on 43 snaps.
- at BOSTON COLLEGE (11/23): Tallied two tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss on 43 plays.
- NC STATE (11/30): Grabbed three tackles on 28 snaps.
- vs. UCONN (12/28): Notched a career-high six tackles to go along with 1.0 sacks and 1.0 tackles for loss on a season-high 70 plays.
Appeared in 13 games as a sophomore, totaling 306 snaps on the defensive line and on special teams... Registered 19 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
- vs. SOUTH CAROLINA (9/2): Tallied two tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss on 18 snaps.
- APP STATE (9/9): Posted two tackles on 24 total plays,
- MINNESOTA (9/16): Saw action on 15 plays.
- at PITT (9/23): Played on 19 snaps.
- SYRACUSE (10/7): Finished the game with 22 plays.
- MIAMI (10/14): Totaled 0.5 sacks and two tackles on 27 snaps.
- VIRGINIA (10/21): Secured 1.0 sacks, 1.0 tackle for loss and three tackles on 42 total plays.
- at GEORGIA TECH (10/28): Finished the game with two tackles on 34 snaps
- CAMPBELL (11/4): Posted two tackles on 35 total plays.
- DUKE (11/11): Saw action on 14 snaps.
- at CLEMSON (11/18): Tallied one tackle on 14 total plays.
- at NC STATE (11/25): Ended the game with four tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss on 32 snaps.
- vs. WEST VIRGINIA (12/27): Played in 10 snaps.
Did not appear in any game...Redshirted
Majoring In
- Master's Sport Management
- Was a four-star prospect as a high school senior and was listed as the nation’s 286th-best player, the No. 18 edge and No. 7 player in North Carolina in the 247Sports Composite
- A two-time all-state and two-time all-conference performer
- Tabbed the CAP-7 Player of the Year as a junior
- A Carolina Bowl and Shrine Bowl honoree
- A team captain who tallied 163 tackles, 22 sacks, 53.5 TFL and nine PBU over his three prep seasons
- Posted 71 tackles, eight sacks, 22 TFL and three PBU as a senior, helping Leesville Road to a 10-3 record and the fourth round of the state playoffs as a senior
- The son of Erika and Christopher Atkinson, both of whom were student-athletes at UConn (volleyball and football, respectively)
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