Reggie Tongue

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Reggie Tongue
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Position: Safety
Personal information
Born: (1973-04-11) April 11, 1973 (age 49)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:204 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Fairbanks (AK) Lathrop
College: Oregon State
NFL Draft: 1996  / Round: 2 / Pick: 58
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:676
Sacks:9.5
Forced fumbles:12
Interceptions:15
Defensive touchdowns:4
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Reginald Clinton Tongue (born April 11, 1973) is a former American football safety.

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Early life

Tongue attended Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. As a senior for Lathrop, Tongue played running back/defensive back and rushed for 932 yards and 12 scores. On defense, he had 11 interceptions. He was named 1990 Alaska football player of the year and signed a letter of intent to play RB for Oregon State University.

College career

Tongue attended and played football for the Oregon State Beavers. Originally recruited as a running back, Tongue was redshirted his freshman year, during his sophomore year, due to injuries in the defensive backfield Tongue moved to cornerback and eventually to free safety his junior year. During his tenure, Reggie tied a pac-10 record with 4 interceptions returned for touchdowns. He finished at OSU with 9 interceptions, 362 tackles and was named to the 2nd team all-pac-10 team in 1994 and the 1st team in 1995.

Professional career

Tongue was selected in the second round (58th overall) in the 1996 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. [1] He would play there for 4 seasons, until being picked up by the Seattle Seahawks for the 2000 season, where he played until 2004. In 2004 he played for the New York Jets and completed his career in 2005 with the Oakland Raiders.

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GGSCombSoloAstSackIntYdsLngTDPDFFFRYdsTD
1996 KC 1604400.000
1997 KC 16168867212.510002000
1998 KC 15159878202.001100
1999 KC 16169483112.018046195391
2000 SEA 1665743140.0000051
2001 SEA 16168161201.0367551702230
2002 SEA 161610577280.051184611002110
2003 SEA 14147157142.041110082100
2004 NYJ 16167255170.012323051100
2005 OAK 416600.000
Career1451166765311459.515299553441210431

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References

  1. "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.