Tanner Reeves

Position:
DL
Height:
6-4
Weight:
260
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Lakeland, Fla.

Career Game Highs:

Total Tackles - 6 vs. Rice (9/1/16)
Tackles for Loss - 2 vs. Bowling Green (8/29/14)
Sacks - 2 vs. Bowling Green (8/29/14)

2016 (r-Jr.) | 14/5: Reeves drew five starts as a junior and appeared in all 14 games for the second consecutive season at defensive end. Reeves started the season opener vs. Rice, at Alabama, Houston Baptist, Old Dominion and at Florida Atlantic where he contributed 17 tackles (six solo) to go along with two tackles for loss and a pair of quarterback hurries. Reeves had a carry day in the opener against the Owls, tallying six tackles (one solo) with a half-tackle for loss. He had tackles in nine of 14 appearances. 2015 (r-So.) | 14/0: Reeves saw action in all 14 games as a reserve defensive end, tallying 16 total tackles (11 solo) with 4.5 tackles for loss. Reeves tallied a pair of tackles in six games (Vanderbilt, Indiana, Miami (Ohio), Rice, FAU, and Southern Miss). Reeves' key performance came at Rice when he tallied a pair of tackles including a sack-fumble with a fumble recovery in the same sequence. The fumble recovery setup a two-yard touchdown run. Reeves had a quarterback hurry in the Miami Beach Bowl and a half-tackle for loss in the C-USA Championship Game. 2014 (r-Fr.) | 10/3: Reeves played in ten games and started three in his first season of action on The Hill. He made his collegiate debut with a two-sack effort in a win over Bowling Green. Reeves ranked sixth on the team with five tackles for loss (27 lost yards) and he tallied 21 tackles (14 solo) on the season. His four sacks were second-most among defensive ends (Gavin Rocker, 5.5) and second-most among all players. Reeves posted at least one tackle in every game he played and multiple tackles in seven of 10 games. He forced one fumble in the bowl game against Central Michigan, the first of his career. 2013 (Fr.): Reeves redshirted his first year on The Hill. HS/Misc: Reeves racked up 12 sacks and 61 total tackles in just 10 games along the George W. Jenkins High School defensive front in 2012, recovering a pair of fumbles and forcing a fumble in his senior season. The Florida native burst onto the scene early in his senior season, tallying eight sacks in the first three games of 2012, which included five sacks in a game against Kathleen High School. Before making the switch to the defensive line, Reeves excelled as a linebacker and still found ways to get to the quarterback, recording four sacks in 2011 to go along with 86 total tackles in 10 games. Reeves was named First-Team All-County and Honorable Mention All-State following his senior year.