Arliss Beach (born March 28, 1984 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football running back who is a practice squad player for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.
Although born in Louisville, he grew up in the Ashland area, attending school in the adjacent Fairview school district until 6th grade, and then in the Ashland city district. He graduated from the city district's Paul G. Blazer High School, where he set several school records in football, and was the only athlete in Kentucky to be elected All-State in both football and basketball during the years in which he played.
After the end of his senior year in high school, the University of Kentucky offered him a full scholarship to play football. While enrolled, the football program went through major staff and coaching changes, and it has been said that this is the reason Beach was never handled correctly. Regardless of his absence in the NFL Draft, Beach signed with the Packers as a free agent on May 3 2006, and was immediately placed on the active roster after impressing the coaching staff. He suffered a serious ankle injury during the preseason, however, and thus he was placed on injured reserve for the 2006 season on September 6. He was released by Green Bay on June 15 2007.
On August 23, the Dallas Cowboys signed Beach to a free agent contract, trying to fill a void left by injured running back Jackie Battle. Beach was released by Dallas on September 1, however. Beach was signed to the practice squad of the Houston Texans on December 26.
