#50 Cooper Beebe — The man, the leader, the legend… Cooper Beebe (50) is now a Dallas Cowboy, so it falls to his younger brother, Camden, to carry on the Beebe family legacy. Can Camden break through into the starting rotation in 2024 coming off his redshirt? | Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

In which BracketCat counts down the 58th day until the 2024 kickoff with a profile of Kansas State offensive lineman Camden Beebe.

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#58 Camden Beebe

Redshirt Freshman | 6-3 | 348 lbs. | Kansas City, Kansas

Position: Offensive Line
Previous College: None
Projection: Second-String
Status: On Scholarship

Camden Beebe (b. Oct. 27, 2004) is a strong offensive lineman with great awareness from Kansas City who is majoring in business administration. Although he already excels at both run and pass blocking, he redshirted in 2023 to drop a little weight and add more muscle.

I project him to vie for backup right guard honors through fall camp and play as a reserve.

Beebe’s father, Tom, played football at Pittsburg State University, while his older brother, Cooper Beebe, was a highly decorated offensive lineman for K-State from 2019 through 2023 and was selected in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.

(Another brother, Colton Beebe, was a tight end at Minnesota from 2015 through 2018.)

“We’re so happy to keep the Beebe clan going and getting another Beebe in Camden,” said head coach Chris Klieman. “He’s going to write his own ticket and have his own story. I’m excited to see where he goes because he’s had a really good career at the high school level and I know he’s going to come in here and work extremely hard.”

A four-year starter at Piper High School under head coach John Black, Beebe was rated as the 89th-best interior offensive lineman in the Class of 2023 by both ESPN and 247Sports, which also ranked him as the 11th-best overall player in the state of Kansas.

He was named one of the top 11 players in the state of Kansas in 2022 by the Kansas Football Coaches Association and KSHSAA Covered, both of which also named him a first-team all-state performer.

Beebe also earned first-team all-state honors from Sports in Kansas in both 2021 and 2022, while he was a first-team all-state honoree by The Wichita Eagle as a senior and an honorable mention all-state performer as a sophomore by The Topeka Capital-Journal.

A finalist for the 2022 Bobby Bell Award, given annually to the top small-school lineman/linebacker in the Kansas City metro area, he helped the Pirates to earn a pair of regional championships, and also competed in basketball and track in high school.

As the first commitment of the 2022 class, Beebe chose K-State before interest from Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and TCU could turn into formal offers (although they would have). His primary recruiter was recruiting coordinator Tay l or Braet and his secondary recruiter was his new position coach, offensive coordinator Conor Riley.

“The culture is so great around here because (current players) want to win and they want the young guys to be a part of it,” Braet said in 2023. “They want to know they’re bringing in good guys to be with. Cooper Beebe wants good teammates to play with his brother. He appreciates the bond he has with guys right now and he wants that to be carried on to the teams ahead of him. This brand and the passion of the players is really tight.”