Antoine Bethea

Antoine Akeem Bethea (/bəˈθeɪ/; born July 27, 1984) is an American football safety for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Howard and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He has been selected for the Pro Bowl three times.

Early years

He attended Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia where he was a three-year letterman in football and also lettered in basketball, where he earned all-area and All-conference honors in his senior year.

College career

Bethea attended Howard University, where he majored in administration of justice, and played for the Howard Bison football team. He started 31 of 37 games at safety. His freshman year, he saw action in five games as a backup in the secondary collecting 13 total tackles. He would have a career-best 109 total tackles his sophomore year while seeing action as a starter in 10 of 11 games that year. That year, he had three games where he tallied 13 tackles and another game against Bethune-Cookman where he made 14 tackles. He ended that year also adding one sack, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, six pass deflections and a blocked kick.