Joshua Blake Reed (born May 1, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for eight seasons with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) during the 2000s. He played college football for the LSU Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors and recognition as the nation's best college receiver. He was selected by Buffalo in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft.
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| Born: | May 1, 1980 Rayne, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Rayne (LA) | ||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2002 / round: 2 / pick: 36 | ||||||||
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Early life
editReed was born in Rayne, Louisiana. He attended Rayne High School, and played high school football for the Rayne Mighty Wolves.
College career
editReed attended Louisiana State University, and played for coach Gerry DiNardo and coach Nick Saban's LSU Tigers football team from 1998 to 2001. While at LSU, he was one of the most productive receivers in college football. In only two years as a wide receiver (his freshman year he played running back for most of the season and he declared for the NFL draft after his junior season) he rewrote the SEC record books. He holds the SEC record for receiving yardage in a game (293 vs. Alabama in 2001) and season (1,740 in 2001). He also held the career receiving yardage record with 3,001 yards until 2002 when the record was broken by Georgia receiver Terrence Edwards. Reed also holds the SEC season record for receiving yardage per game (145.0 in 2001) and is second in career receiving yardage per game (96.8). He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 2000 and 2001, and a consensus All-American in 2001.[1] He was awarded the Biletnikoff Award as the season's outstanding college football receiver in 2001.[2]
Professional career
editBuffalo Bills
editReed was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round (36th overall) of the 2002 NFL draft.[3][4] In 2003, Reed replaced Peerless Price as the Bills' starting wide receiver. He caught 58 passes and two touchdowns.[5] Reed was hospitalized for two days in November 2006 after bruising his kidney.[6]
Reed caught 311 passes for 3,575 yards and 10 touchdowns with the Bills.[7] He became an unrestricted free agent following the 2009 season.
San Diego Chargers
editReed was signed by the San Diego Chargers to a one-year contract on June 11, 2010.[7] He was released by the Chargers on September 4, 2010.
NFL statistics
editReceiving statistics[8]
| Year | Team | Games | Receptions | Targets | Yards | Yards per rec. | Long | TDs | First downs | Fumbles | Fumbles lost |
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| 2002 | BUF | 16 | 37 | - | 509 | 13.8 | 42 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | BUF | 16 | 58 | - | 588 | 10.1 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | BUF | 12 | 16 | - | 153 | 9.6 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | BUF | 16 | 32 | - | 449 | 14.0 | 51 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | BUF | 13 | 34 | 48 | 410 | 12.1 | 52 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | BUF | 15 | 51 | 89 | 578 | 11.3 | 30 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | BUF | 13 | 56 | 79 | 597 | 10.7 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | BUF | 14 | 27 | 45 | 291 | 10.8 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 115 | 311 | 261 | 3,575 | 11.5 | 52 | 10 | 193 | 2 | 2 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 2011 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. 11 (2011). Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ Fred, Bierman; Gustines, Elena Aida (December 30, 2001). "2001: Looking Back; A Year of Champions: The Fastest, the Strongest, the Best". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ LaRose, Greg (April 20, 2002). "Buffalo takes Josh Reed in NFL Draft". Scout.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
- ^ Pasquarelli, Len (January 18, 2004). "Henning had right approach with QB". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
- ^ "Colts safety Sanders, MLB Brackett inactive Sunday". ESPN.com. November 12, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
- ^ a b Schefter, Adam (June 11, 2010). "Chargers, Reed agree to deal". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
- ^ "Josh Reed Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved March 28, 2014.