2019 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 33
David Reese II
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 239
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Farmington, Mich.
- High School:
- Farmington
Appeared in 46 games during his collegiate career (38 starts)β¦ Finished his career with 322 defensive stops (121 solo), 21.0 tackle-for-loss, 3.5 sacks and one interception. 2019: Appeared and started in all 13 games his senior year with Floridaβ¦ Finished the season with 94 defensive stops (39 solo), 6.5 Tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and one fumble recoveryβ¦ Recorded a career-high 16 tackles at Kentuckyβ¦ Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week and Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Kentucky), as well as to the AP All-SEC Second Team and Preseason Second Team All-SECβ¦ 2018: Despite missing the first three games of the season due to an ankle injury he sustained during fall camp, he finished second on the team in tackles (77) and also recorded 2.5 tackles-for-loss and one fumble recoveryβ¦ Led the Gators with 11 tackles in their win over LSUβ¦ For his efforts, he was named to the Bednarik Award & Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch lists during the seasonβ¦ 2017: Despite missing the entire offseason after having surgery on both of his wrists, he returned and did not miss a start while leading the team in tackles (102) and finishing second on the team in tackles-for-loss (10.0)β¦ Also tallied 1.5 sacks, one interception and one quarterback hurryβ¦ Since 2007, Reese is the third UF linebacker to record 100-plus tackles in a season (Brandon Spikes, 131 in 2007; Antonio Morrison, 103 in 2015 & 101 in 2014)β¦ Overall, heβs the second UF player to have 100 tackles since Ahmad Black in 2010β¦ Surpassed the 100-tackle mark in the final game of the season when he posted a career-best 14 tackles against Florida State... Led the Gators in tackling in 10 out of the 11 gamesβ¦ Notched his first-career interception against Tennesseeβ¦ Became the first Gator linebacker to intercept a pass since Daniel McMillian recorded an INT against Iowa in the 2017 Outback Bowlβ¦ Garnered Second Team All-SEC honors by Phil Steeleβ¦ Named to the SEC Academic Honor Rollβ¦ 2016: Appeared in 12 games and started four contests throughout the season... Missed the Outback Bowl against Iowa due to a pair of wrist injuriesβ¦ Began the season as a reserve linebacker and member of Floridaβs special teamsβ unitsβ¦ Started the final four games of the regular season at linebacker after the Gators sustained some injuriesβ¦ Totaled 49 tackles and two tackles-for-lossβ¦ In his first-career start against South Carolina, Reese tallied a game-high 11 tacklesβ¦ Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week after he posted a career-high 12 tackles and a 0.5 tackle-for-loss in Floridaβs SEC Eastern Division-clinching win at LSUβ¦In the SEC Championship Game against Alabama, DE Jabari Zuniga blocked UAβs extra point attempt with 1:42 left in the first quarter, and Reese returned it for a defensive PAT (two points)β¦ That marked the first blocked extra point in the SEC Championship since 2003 (Georgiaβs Kedric Golston blocked LSUβs Chris Jackson) and it was the blocked extra point returned for a defensive PAT in the SEC Championship since 1997 (Auburnβs Charles Dorsey blocked Tennesseeβs Jeff Hall, and Auburnβs Quinton Reese returned the block)β¦ In addition, the last time UF blocked an extra point and returned it for a defensive PAT was November 12, 2005 vs. South Carolina (144 games)β¦ Meanwhile, the score was Resseβs first of his careerβ¦ Garnered Freshman All-America honors by Pro Football Focus and the FWAAβ¦ Named Freshman All-SEC by Gridiron Now.
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PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Selected to the 2015 Detroit News football Dream Team⦠Named to the 2014 and 2015 Detroit News All-Metro North Team⦠Senior Season: 138 tackles (85 solo), five sacks, four forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries, two blocked field goals; also had 75 carries for 541 yards and six touchdowns, seven receptions for 77 yards and one touchdown⦠Junior Season: 107 tackles (56 solo), three sacks, one blocked field goal; also had 42 carries for 297 yards and seven touchdowns, three receptions for 44 yards⦠Sophomore Season: 118 tackles (69 solo), three forced fumbles, two blocked field goals⦠Played for Coach John Bechtel.
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