Geoff Reece

{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Geoff Reece

| image =

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| number = 54, 55

| position = Center

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|5|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Everett, Washington, U.S.

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| high_school = Cascade
(Everett, Washington)

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 247

| college = Washington State

| draftyear = 1975

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 61

| pastteams =

• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1976}})
• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1977}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1978}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1974)
• 2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1973, 1974)

| pfr = ReecGe20

}}

Geoffrey Robert Reece (born May 16, 1952) is an American former professional football player. He played as a center in three National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1976 to 1978 for the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and Baltimore Colts.

Born and raised in Everett, Washington,{{Cite web |last=Finnerty |first=Mikayla |date=2024-06-11 |title=Everett local inducted in Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.everettpost.com/local-news/everett-local-inducted-in-snohomish-county-sports-hall-of-fame |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Everett Post |language=en-US}} Reece graduated from its Cascade High School,{{Cite news |date=2020-08-15 |title=Over 100 NFL players came from Puget Sound-area high schools. Here's a list of all of them |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/seahawks/slideshow/over-100-nfl-players-from-puget-sound-high-schools-206661.php |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220529125203/https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/seahawks/slideshow/over-100-nfl-players-from-puget-sound-high-schools-206661.php |archive-date=2022-05-29 |access-date=2025-06-13 |work=seattlepi.com |language=en-US}} and played college football at Washington State University in Pullman under head coach Jim Sweeney.

He was all-conference twice in the Pacific-8,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xsdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1666%2C1301412 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Donnelley on Pac-8 squad |date=December 5, 1974 |page=1C }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e5JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7276%2C1780350 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=3 Cougars on Pac-8 all-stars |date=December 5, 1974 |page=49}} and All-American as a senior. After the 1974 season, Reece played in the Blue-Gray Game, East-West Shrine Game, and the Senior Bowl.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e5JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6303%2C1791400 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Reece to be busy |date=December 5, 1974 |page=49}} He was inducted into the WSU athletics hall of fame in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://wsucougars.com/sports/2015/5/15/210091888.aspx |publisher=Washington State University Athletics |title=WSU announces 2015 Hall of Fame induction class |date=May 15, 2015 |accessdate=May 11, 2020}}

Selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL draft by the Rams,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UK5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022%2C7207042|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Jones, Reece picked in pro draft |date=January 29, 1975 |page=1B}} a knee injury in the College All-Star Game on August 1 sidelined Reece for his rookie season in 1975.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=88VeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4795%2C8452719 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Emerson |first=Paul |title=Injuries shadow Reece |date=August 23, 1978 |page=1B}}