#94

CJ Reese

Senior defensive end on UTEP's 2018 roster.

DE · UTEP · Sr. · #94

6′2″ · 270 lb · San Antonio, TX

UTEP 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end on UTEP's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UTEP — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

3 coaches

2016

Sean Kugler

UTEP

2017

Mike Price

UTEP

era →

2018

Dana Dimel

UTEP

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sean Kugler, Mike Price, and Dana Dimel. Multi-era developmental context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Kansas State9-4HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2017Kansas State8-5HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2018UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#184 / 2662 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#1030 / 2662 · 58th pct

3.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles#1671 / 2662 · 36th pct

Solo tackles#1951 / 2662 · 25th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+3g	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UTEP	24	10	3.0	1	--	--
2017	Kansas State	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Kansas State	1	1	0.0	1	--	--
Career		26	12	3.0	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-30vs Northern Arizona	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 24-52@ UNLV	3	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	L 0-24@ Tennessee	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-27vs New Mexico State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 21-30@ UTSA	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 24-27vs North Texas	6	2	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Louisiana Tech	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-19vs UAB	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 16-40@ Western Kentucky	2	1	1.0	—	0
Total		24	10	3.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays