WVU Football: Former ‘Eer Raising Money For Leukemia

Anthony Becht dedicated four years to the WVU football program in the late ’90s. And during his successful NFL career, he established many life-long relationships with different foundations and charities, including the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).

For the next 10 weeks, Becht will be accepting donations in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. With every dollar donated, Becht will receive a vote for Man of the Year. But like he states on his site, “Everyone wins when cancer loses.”

All donations will support not only LLS research, but advocacy, community services, patient services and public and professional education. For more information about LLS, visit www.lls.org.

Becht played in 40 career games for WVU and caught 83 passes for 1,178 yards and 11 touchdowns. Seemingly every time Becht produced for the ‘Eers, the team lost – no fault to the 6″6’ tight end.

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When he recorded a career-high six receptions against Missouri, WVU lost by a field goal. His career-day in receiving yards came against Boston College when he totaled 105 yards in a 34-17 loss. Becht even scored twice against Navy, but it wasn’t enough to pull past the Midshipmen. He was a bit of a journeyman in the NFL, but tight end’s weren’t a hot-commodity in most offenses yet.

Becht spent five years playing for the Jets after they drafted him 27th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He started in 72 of 78 games while in New York and caught 133 passes for just over 1,100 yards; 17 of his 21 career touchdowns came as a Jet. He’d play three seasons in Tampa Bay and one each in St. Louis, Arizona and Kansas City before retiring after the 2011 season. He now does play-by-play commentary with Beth Mowins on ESPN2 and also co-hosts a pre and post-game show on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers radio network.