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Justus Reed Season 2020

PositionDL
Weight255 lbs
Height6-3
ClassGraduate Student
HometownClearwater, Fla.
High SchoolCentral Catholic
Previous SchoolYoungstown State

 2020: Played in all 11 games, starting 10 ... Recorded 28 total tackles, 9.0 TFLs and 6.5 sacks ... Posted 2.0 sacks and a QB hurry at Louisville (10/31) ... Had three tackles and 0.5 sack at Wake Forest (10/24) ... Had one tackle and one QB hurry vs. Boston College (10/17) ... Had two tackles at Duke (10/3) ... Started vs. NC State (9/26) and registered five total tackles and 2.0 sacks.

Prior to the start of the 2020 season, In 30 career collegiate games, he owns 66 total tackles, 19.0 sacks, four forced fumbles, three passes defensed and two fumble recoveries. 
 
Youngstown State: Spent the past three years at Youngstown State where he anchored the defensive line in 2019, registering 42 tackles, including 19.0 tackles for loss. He also had a team-best 13.0 sacks for 74 yards and forced two fumbles on the season, earning All-Missouri Valley First Team honors … Sat out the 2018 season with an injury after beginning his Youngstown career in 2017, garnering Missouri Valley All-Newcomer Team honors with 15 total tackles, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. 
 
Florida: Began his collegiate at the University of Florida from 2014-16 under coaches Will Muschamp and Jim McElwain .. Played in 11 total games, registering nine tackles that included a TFL in the Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan (1/1/16) … Redshirted in 2014. 
 
High School: As a senior in 2013, was named Florida Class 3A All-State First Team ... Racked up 106 tackles, 19.0 TFL and 13.0 sacks as a senior and also recovered two fumbles and recorded a safety ... Led team to the Class 3A State Championship Game and recorded four solo tackles in the contest ... Guided Clearwater Catholic to a 11-3 season ... Transferred to Clearwater Catholic after previously attending Clearwater High for three years ... Tallied 98 tackles, 28.0 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks in 2012 ... Also played basketball.
 
Personal: The son of Karen Brown and John Reed ... Father John, was a three-year letterman at North Carolina (1987-89), playing under head coach Mack Brown. ... Majored in communication studies at Youngstown State ... Was the 2018-19 recipient of the Jermaine Hopkins Scholarship endowment at Youngstown State.