Jeremy Reaves: S · South Alabama · #1.
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Jeremy Reaves
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at South Alabama since. All-Sun Belt in 2017 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 13 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Georgia Southern, Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
103 tackles. 7 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 6.5 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 | South Alabama | 103 | 70 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2016 | South Alabama | 82 | 57 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2015 | South Alabama | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 185 | 127 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 14 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-47@ Ole Miss | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-44vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Alabama A&M | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-29vs Idaho | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-34@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-8@ Troy | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-23vs UL Monroe | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-21@ Georgia State | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-19vs Louisiana | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-19vs Arkansas State | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-52@ Georgia Southern | 13 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 17-22@ New Mexico State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 103 | 70 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
103tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%6 TFL103 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Joey Jones — 15-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 9.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 10.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey Jones
Pass share
52.8%
408 pass / 364 run
Plays / game
64.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
443 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Alabama, 185 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2016) — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Joey Jones.
