Camp circuit bringing more attention to three-star 2024 Florida RB Carson Beach
Written by Ryan Wright
Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG
Just give him a crease and he is gone. Throughout the 2022 Florida high school football season, Carson Beach (5-10, 180) was a little bit of daylight away on every snap from taking the pigskin to the house. The three-star running back worked his craft for Sarasota’s Cardinal Mooney picking up five D-I offers thus far. After competing at college camps this summer, more opportunities are on the horizon for the 2024 prospect.
The Cougars rushed Beach 186 times watching him produce 1,042 yards with while hauling in 18 for 205 more yards with nine total touchdowns in a 4-7 campaign. The offensive set was explained.
“We have a big RPO (run-pass) offense,” Beach said. “On every play the QB could either pull and run or throw it. Even when we are running, the QB could run or pass it. That is what we’ve been focusing on in a high tempo no-huddle offense.”
Beach continued detailing how he is utilized in the scheme, “They use me a lot everywhere to be honest. They use me a lot down the middle, between the tackles, and we do run speed options to the outside. They throw to me a good amount; I can also run routes too. I will do that this year, run routes in our Spread offense.”
A lot of work has gone into preparing for his senior schedule.
“I have been working on a lot of stuff,” Beach stated. “I have been working on my top end speed, my last gear. My acceleration is good, but I’ve been working on that last gear to get away from the defense. I’ve also been working on my agility, jump cuts, and double moves. I’ve been working on my vision, which is hard, but I’ve been doing cone work and I have my dad out there helping me with my reaction time.”
Beyond the speed, Beach was asked what he feels are the strengths to his game, “Probably my catching, but I can do a lot of stuff. I am not one dimensional. I can lower my shoulder for yards, run to the outside, and make people miss.”
No matter the level, all players have aspects to their game that get overlooked, Beach is no different.
“The first thing, I compete a lot,” Beach shared. “You can’t always tell, but I am a big competitor, and I can do almost anything. I can run routes, run the ball, block, and I can catch really well; that is something a lot of running backs cannot do today.”
Offers have been extended from Arkansas State, South Florida, Tennessee, Tennessee-Martin, and West Virginia with new teams checking Beach out.
“I feel that I am about to pick up a couple,” Beach said “App State, Yale, I was just talking to their running backs coach (Seitu Smith), and Middle Tennessee; I have a few good options that should be coming soon. Coastal Carolina has been talking to me a little bit. I received a camp invite from Louisville. Columbia, I was talking to one of their coaches. Furman has been talking to my coach, they may offer soon.”
Two mega camps have helped ignite new interest.
“I went to USF’s mega camp, and I went to Mercer’s mega camp,” Beach stated.
Beach shared his experiences at the Bulls’ camp in Tampa, “USF was great. I was with the first running backs group, the one all the coaches were following. I talked to Rutgers running backs coach, coach (Damiere) Shaw (RB); I met up with him. I got to compete in front of all these coaches and show them I can play.
“Mercer was probably the same as USF; I talked to a few coaches, and I got to compete. I talked to USF at Mercer’s camp. I talked to coach (Matt) Merritt.”
The camp season is not over for Beach, in July he plans to compete at Appalachian State and Wake Forest.