Taylor Reed
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Taylor Reed
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|7}}
| birth_place = Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
| death_date =
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| team =
| number = 44, 3, 35{{cite web | url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/r/reed04050.html | title=Taylor Reed | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=19 May 2025}}
| status =
| import = yes
| position1 = Linebacker
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 235
| college = Southern Methodist
| high_school = West Brook (Beaumont, Texas)
| playing_years1 = {{NFL Year|2013}}
| playing_team1 = Dallas Cowboys*
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2013}}
| playing_team2 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers*
| playing_years3 = {{NFL Year|2013}}
| playing_team3 = Dallas Cowboys*
| playing_years4 = {{NFL Year|2013}}–{{NFL Year|2014}}
| playing_team4 = New England Patriots*
| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|2014}}–{{CFL Year|2015}}
| playing_team5 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|2016}}
| playing_team6 = Calgary Stampeders
| playing_years7 = {{CFL Year|2016}}–{{CFL Year|2017}}
| playing_team7 = Ottawa Redblacks
| playing_team8 = Toronto Argonauts
| playing_years8 = {{CFL Year|2018}}
| playing_team9 = Edmonton Eskimos
| playing_years9 = {{CFL Year|2018}}
| playing_team10 = Houston Roughnecks*
| playing_years10 = {{XFL Year|2020}}
| career_footnotes =
| career_highlights =
| CFL = taylor-reed/160120/
| NFL = 2535526
}}
Taylor Reed (born August 7, 1991) is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Southern Methodist University. He was a member of the Dallas Cowboys, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, New England Patriots, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Redblacks, Toronto Argonauts, Edmonton Eskimos, and Houston Roughnecks.
Early life
Reed played high school football for the West Brook Senior High School Bruins of Beaumont, Texas and earned all-district honors.
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.
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 5
| height in = 11
| weight = 240
| dash = 4.63
| ten split = 1.65
| twenty split = 2.70
| shuttle = 4.25
| cone drill = 7.22
| vertical = 30+1/2
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 9
| bench = 29
| note = All values from SMU Pro Day{{cite web | url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=96007&draftyear=2013&genpos=ILB | title=Taylor Reed | publisher=nfldraftscout.com | accessdate=September 17, 2016}}
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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. He was released by the Cowboys on August 30, 2013.
On October 2, 2013, Reed was signed to the practice squad of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL.
Reed was signed to the Cowboys practice squad on November 18, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kffl.com/player/28258/nfl/news |title=Taylor Reed |publisher=kffl.com |accessdate=September 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204202233/http://www.kffl.com/player/28258/nfl/news |archivedate=December 4, 2014 }} He was released by the Cowboys on November 26, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.ticats.ca/roster/show/id/6519 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122215359/http://www.ticats.ca/roster/show/id/6519 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2014 |title=Taylor Reed |publisher=ticats.ca |accessdate=September 27, 2014 }}
On December 30, 2013, Reed was signed to the practice squad of the New England Patriots of the NFL. He was signed to a futures contract by the Patriots on January 20, 2014. He was released by the Patriots on March 10, 2014.
Reed was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League on June 27, 2014. 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.ticats.ca/article/reed-sinkfield-collect-cfl-honours | title=Reed & Sinkfield Collect CFL Honours | publisher=ticats.ca | date=September 16, 2014 | accessdate=September 27, 2014}} 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.
As a free agent Reed signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL on February 10, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/02/10/stampeders-sign-bakari-grant-taylor-reed |title=Stampeders sign Bakari Grant, Taylor Reed |publisher=calgarysun.com |date=February 10, 2016 |accessdate=April 24, 2016 |author=Mitchell, Scott |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527102938/http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/02/10/stampeders-sign-bakari-grant-taylor-reed |archivedate=May 27, 2016 }} He was released by the Stampeders on September 12, 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/09/12/depth-at-linebacker-postiion-allows-stampeders-to-release-ml-taylor-reed | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918085116/http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/09/12/depth-at-linebacker-postiion-allows-stampeders-to-release-ml-taylor-reed | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 18, 2016 | title=Calgary Stampeders release ML Taylor Reed | publisher=calgarysun.com | date=September 12, 2016 | accessdate=September 17, 2016 | author=Fisher, Scott}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://3downnation.com/2016/09/13/releasing-veteran-reed-means-stampeders-defence/|title=Why the Stampeders released linebacker Taylor Reed|last=Busby|first=Ian|date=2016-09-13|website=3DownNation|access-date=2017-01-10}}
Reed was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks of the CFL on September 13, 2016; only one day after being let go by Calgary.{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/12/stampeders-release-middle-linebacker-taylor-reed/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917223132/http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/12/stampeders-release-middle-linebacker-taylor-reed/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 17, 2016 | title=REDBLACKS SIGN RECENTLY-RELEASED TAYLOR REED | publisher=cfl.ca | date=September 13, 2016 | accessdate=September 17, 2016}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/10/redblacks-reed-agree-one-year-extension/|title=REDBLACKS, Reed agree on one-year extension|date=2017-01-10|website=CFL.ca|access-date=2017-01-10}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2018/02/20/best-rest-help-still-available-free-agency/|title=Best of the Rest: Help still available in free agency - CFL.ca|date=2018-02-20|work=CFL.ca|access-date=2018-02-21|language=en-US}}
After being on the open market for a week Reed and the Toronto Argonauts agreed to a one-year contract on February 20, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2018/02/20/free-agent-lb-taylor-reed-joins-argos/|title=Free agent LB Taylor Reed joins Argos - CFL.ca|date=2018-02-20|work=CFL.ca|access-date=2018-02-21|language=en-US}} On August 15, 2018, Reed was released by the Argonauts.
Reed signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on September 24, 2018.{{cite web | url=https://profootballarchives.com/transactions/r/reed04050.html | title=Taylor Reed Pro Football Transactions | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=19 May 2025}} He was released on May 3, 2019.
In October 2019, Reed was picked by the Houston Roughnecks in the open phase of the 2020 XFL Draft.{{cite web|last=Talbot|first=Damond|url=https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2019/10/xfl-draft-8/|title=XFL Draft Phase 5: The Final Rounds of the Draft, Find out who was selected|publisher=NFL Draft Diamonds|date=October 16, 2019|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/taylor-reed-1.html College stats]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141122215359/http://www.ticats.ca/roster/show/id/6519 Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio]
- [http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/reed_taylor00.html SMU Mustangs profile]
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