High School: Standout center at Southern Regional High School for head coach Chuck Donohue...led team to 2001 Group 4 state playoffs...three-year varsity starter who served as team captain...named to the New Jersey Football Coaches Association Super 100 All-State team...named All-Ocean County and All-Shore Conference and earned school's Scholar-Athlete Award and National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award...competed in winter and spring track (shot put, discus, javelin) and earned nine letters...placed 13th in the state discus competition as a senior...member of World Language National Honor Society and French Honor Society.

At Delaware: Fifth-year senior and fourth-year starter on offensive line....team’s most experienced player, having appeared in a total of 35 career games with 25 starts entering the season...enters season having started a team-leading 22 straight games...three-year letterwinner and an All-CAA candidate...will open season as team’s starting right guard...has also played tackle...part of a deep, talented, and experienced line that returns five starters to one of the nation’s most explosive offenses...one of team’s biggest and strongest players...2006: Started all 11 games, including eight at right guard and three at right tackle...led an offense that averaged 26.3 points (No. 4 in Atlantic 10), 356.6 total yards (No. 5), and 253.0 passing yards (No. 2) per game to rank among the league leaders...team ranked No. 9 in NCAA I-AA in passing and No. 30 in scoring and total offense...team went 5-6 under head coach K.C. Keeler...2005: Started all 11 games as a sophomore, playing every offensive line position except center...started one game at left tackle, two at left guard, five at right guard, and three at right tackle...helped pave the way for All-American running back Omar Cuff and offensive attack that ranked third in the Atlantic 10 and 20th in NCAA I-AA in rushing offense (119.64)... team went 6-5...2004: Earned first letter as he appeared in all 13 games with three starts at left guard for team that went 9-4, won the Atlantic 10 title, and advanced to the I-AA quarterfinals...led offense that ranked third in the Atlantic 10 in rushing offense (279.4)...started first two games vs. New Hampshire and Towson and also started vs. Navy...first UD redshirt freshman to start on offensive line for Hens since Brian Cook in 1995...2003: Sat out as a redshirt...retained freshman eligibility...team went 15-1, won the Atlantic 10 Conference title, and captured the NCAA I-AA national championship.

Personal: Richard William Beverley...born Feb. 6, 1985...son of John and Karen Beverley...both parents are teachers and graduates of Rowan (NJ) University...biology major with a minor in history...younger sister, Melissa, is a junior at Delaware this fall...enjoys fishing and building furniture in his spare time...has worked as a carpenter and painter...has shared apartment with fellow offensive linemen Greg Benson and Mark Ciavirella and defensive lineman Jeremy Kametz the last three years.