Taylor Reed

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Taylor Reed
Born: (1991-08-07) August 7, 1991 (age 33)
Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
Career information
CFL status American
Position(s) Linebacker
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
College Southern Methodist
High school West Brook (Beaumont, Texas)
Career history
As player
2013 Dallas Cowboys*
2013 Winnipeg Blue Bombers*
2013 Dallas Cowboys*
2013–2014 New England Patriots*
2014–2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2016 Calgary Stampeders
2016–2017 Ottawa Redblacks
2018 Toronto Argonauts
2018 Edmonton Eskimos
2020* Houston Roughnecks
*Offseason and/or practice squad only
Career highlights and awards
Career stats

Taylor Reed (born August 7, 1991) is a former gridiron football linebacker. He played college football at Southern Methodist University. He has also been a member of the Dallas Cowboys, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, New England Patriots, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Redblacks, Toronto Argonauts, and Houston Roughnecks.

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Early years

Reed played high school football for the West Brook Senior High School Bruins of Beaumont, Texas and earned all-district honors. [1]

College career

Reed played in 52 games for the SMU Mustangs from 2009 to 2012, recording 400 total tackles. He was named second-team All-Conference USA in 2011 and 2012, honorable mention All-Conference USA in 2010 and All-Freshman Conference USA in 2009. [1]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 11 in
(1.80 m)		240 lb
(109 kg)		4.63 s1.65 s2.70 s4.25 s7.22 s30+1⁄2 in
(0.77 m)		9 ft 9 in
(2.97 m)		29 reps
All values from SMU Pro Day [2]

Dallas Cowboys

Reed was signed by the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) on May 10, 2013 after going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft. [1] He was released by the Cowboys on August 30, 2013. [3]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

On October 2, 2013, Reed was signed to the practice squad of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL. [1]

Dallas Cowboys (II)

Reed was signed to the Dallas Cowboys practice squad on November 18, 2013. [3] He was released by the Cowboys on November 26, 2013. [1]

New England Patriots

On December 30, 2013, Reed was signed to the practice squad of the New England Patriots of the NFL. [1] He was signed to a futures contract by the Patriots on January 20, 2014. He was released by the Patriots on March 10, 2014. [3]

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Reed was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League on June 27, 2014. [1] He was named Defensive Player of the Week for week twelve of the 2014 CFL season after recording six defensive tackles, one tackle for a loss, one special teams tackle and one quarterback sack. [4] In two seasons with the Tiger-Cats Reed played in 33 games contributing 141 defensive tackles, 7 special teams tackles, 10 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 2 interceptions.

Calgary Stampeders

As a free agent Reed signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL on February 10, 2016. [5] He was released by the Stampeders on September 12, 2016. [6] Prior to being released he had played in all 10 games to start the 2016 season, contributing 41 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 forced fumble. The reason for his release was the exceptional play of national linebacker Alex Singleton. [7]

Ottawa Redblacks

Reed was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks of the CFL on September 13, 2016; only one day after being let go by Calgary. [8] He played in all 8 of the remaining regular season games for Ottawa, and their two playoff games. During the 2016 season with Ottawa he accumulated 39 tackles and 1 quarterback sack. He set a career-high 12 tackles against Winnipeg on October 29. Reed helped lead Ottawa's defense to a championship in the 104th Grey Cup game versus his former team, the Calgary Stampeders, with a final score of 39-33 in overtime. On January 10, 2017 the Redblacks confirmed they had signed Taylor Reed to a one-year extension. Reed would have become a free agent on February 14, 2017. [9] In his second season with the Redblacks Reed set a new career high with 94 tackles in 18 games: He also had four sacks. Following the season he was not re-signed by the Redblacks and became a free agent on February 13, 2018. [10]

Toronto Argonauts

After being on the open market for a week Reed and the Toronto Argonauts agreed to a one-year contract on February 20, 2018. [11] On August 15, 2018, Reed was released by the Argonauts.

Houston Roughnecks

In October 2019, Reed was picked by the Houston Roughnecks in the open phase of the 2020 XFL Draft. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Taylor Reed". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Taylor Reed". kffl.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Reed & Sinkfield Collect CFL Honours". ticats.ca. September 16, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Mitchell, Scott (February 10, 2016). "Stampeders sign Bakari Grant, Taylor Reed". calgarysun.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ Fisher, Scott (September 12, 2016). "Calgary Stampeders release ML Taylor Reed". calgarysun.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ Busby, Ian (September 13, 2016). "Why the Stampeders released linebacker Taylor Reed". 3DownNation. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ "REDBLACKS SIGN RECENTLY-RELEASED TAYLOR REED". cfl.ca. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  9. ↑ "REDBLACKS, Reed agree on one-year extension". CFL.ca. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Best of the Rest: Help still available in free agency - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Free agent LB Taylor Reed joins Argos - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ Talbot, Damond (October 16, 2019). "XFL Draft Phase 5: The Final Rounds of the Draft, Find out who was selected". NFL Draft Diamonds. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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