Reggie Tongue
{{Short description|American football player (born 1973)}}
{{for|the English racing driver|Reggie Tongue (racing driver)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| caption =
| number = 41, 25, 29
| position = Safety
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|11}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 204
| high_school = Fairbanks (AK) Lathrop
| college = Oregon State
| draftyear = 1996
| draftround = 2
| draftpick = 58
| pastteams =
- Kansas City Chiefs (1996–1999)
- Seattle Seahawks (2000–2003)
- New York Jets (2004)
- Oakland Raiders (2005)
| highlights =
- First-team All-Pac-10 (1995)
- Second-team All-Pac-10 (1994)
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 676
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 9.5
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 12
| statlabel4 = Interceptions
| statvalue4 = 15
| statlabel5 = Defensive touchdowns
| statvalue5 = 4
| pfr = TongRe20
}}
Reginald Clinton Tongue (born April 11, 1973) is an American former professional football safety.
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.{{Cite web |title=1996 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He would play there for 4 seasons, until being picked up by the Seattle Seahawks for the 2000 season, where he played until 2003. In 2004 he played for the New York Jets and completed his career in 2005 with the Oakland Raiders.
NFL career statistics
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="4"| Tackles ! colspan="5"| Interceptions ! colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sack | Int | Yds | Lng | TD | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 1996 || KC
| 16 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0.0 || — || — || — || 0 || — || 0 || — || — || — | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 || KC
| 16 || 16 || 88 || 67 || 21 || 2.5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || — || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 || KC
| 15 || 15 || 98 || 78 || 20 || 2.0 || — || — || — || 0 || — || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 || KC
| 16 || 16 || 94 || 83 || 11 || 2.0 || 1 || 80 || 46 || 1 || 9 || 5 || 3 || 9 || 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 || SEA
| 16 || 6 || 57 || 43 || 14 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || — || — || — | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 || SEA
| 16 || 16 || 81 || 61 || 20 || 1.0 || 3 || 67 || 55 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 2 || 23 || 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 || SEA
| 16 || 16 || 105 || 77 || 28 || 0.0 || 5 || 118 || 46 || 1 || 10 || 0 || 2 || 11 || 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 || SEA
| 14 || 14 || 71 || 57 || 14 || 2.0 || 4 || 11 || 10 || 0 || 8 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 || NYJ
| 16 || 16 || 72 || 55 || 17 || 0.0 || 1 || 23 || 23 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 || OAK
| 4 || 1 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 0.0 || — || — || — || 0 || — || 0 || — || — || — | ||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| Career || 145 || 116 || 676 || 531 || 145 || 9.5 || 15 || 299 || 55 || 3 || 44 || 12 || 10 | 43 | 1 |
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208152603/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TONGUREG01 Database Football: Reggie Tongue stats]}}
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Category:American football safeties
Category:Kansas City Chiefs players
Category:Lathrop High School (Alaska) alumni
Category:New York Jets players
Category:Oakland Raiders players
Category:Oregon State Beavers football players
Category:Players of American football from Baltimore
Category:Sportspeople from Fairbanks, Alaska
Category:Seattle Seahawks players