D.J. Reed: DB · Kansas State · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
D.J. Reed
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Two seasons in the Kansas State secondary to date. All-Big 12 in 2017 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Baylor — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 7 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kansas State | 40 | 34 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | Kansas State | 75 | 62 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 16 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 115 | 96 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 7 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-19vs Central Arkansas | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs Charlotte | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-14@ Vanderbilt | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-20vs Baylor | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-40@ Texas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-26vs No. 6 TCU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-42vs No. 9 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-20@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-35@ Texas Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-28vs No. 23 West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 35-17vs UCLA | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 34 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
18%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFL40 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under Bill Snyder — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Snyder
Pass share
34.5%
270 pass / 513 run
Plays / game
60.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
304 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kansas State, 115 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2016) — drafted at #142 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2017)
Next stop · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 9th NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 9th NFL season
