Marcel Reed

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Marcel Reed
No. 10  Texas A&M Aggies
Position Quarterback
Class Redshirt.svg Sophomore
Personal information
Born (2004-07-08) July 8, 2004 (age 21)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, Tennessee)
College
Stats at ESPN

Marcel Reed (born July 8, 2004) is an American college football quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies.

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Early life

Reed is the son of former Tennessee State head football coach Rod Reed. He attended Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. A four-year starter, Reed finished his high school career with 6,357 yards passing with 62 touchdowns and rushed for 2,277 yards with 38 touchdowns. [1] Reed committed to Texas A&M University to play college football. [2] [3]

College career

Reed appeared in three games his first year at Texas A&M in 2023 and was redshirted. [4] Due to injuries he earned most of his playing time in the 2023 Texas Bowl, completing 20 of 33 passes for 361 yards with a rushing touchdown. [5] He entered his redshirt freshman year in 2024 as a backup to Conner Weigman. He made his first career start against the Florida Gators after Weigman was injured. Later in the season, after Reed’s impressive performance against LSU, he was named starter for the rest of the season. [6]

Statistics

SeasonTeamGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
2023 Texas A&M 30213658.337410.411149.213453.51
2024 Texas A&M 1184–414724061.31,8647.8156142.11165434.77
2025 Texas A&M 101010–017929161.52,6329.0228156.9763915.16
Career 241814-434756761.24,8708.63815150.22059834.814

References

  1. Reed, Marcel (December 21, 2022). "Texas A&M football lands Marcel Reed: Why he signed with Aggies". The Tennessean. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  2. Kreager, Tom (December 20, 2022). "MBA QB Marcel Reed flips to Texas A&M football after OIe Miss decommitment". The Tennessean. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  3. Gallagher, Michael (December 20, 2022). "Why 4-star QB Reed flipped from Ole Miss to Texas A&M". Nashville Post.
  4. Al-Khateeb, Zac (December 28, 2023). "Who is Marcel Reed? 247 ranking, stats, more to know of Texas A&M QB". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  5. Brown, Travis L. (October 28, 2024). "Rapid Reaction: Texas A&M QB Marcel Reed falls just short of comeback in Texas Bowl loss". The Eagle. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  6. Thamel, Pete (September 14, 2024). "Weigman available for A&M but backing up Reed". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.