Justus Reed

Senior defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2020: 6.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 255 lb · Clearwater, FL

Virginia Tech 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 848 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2020: 6.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Virginia Tech, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Florida3-star out of Clearwater Central Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#848 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#18 / 2211 · 99th pct

Sacks#25 / 2211 · 99th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#81 / 2211 · 96th pct

9.0

Tackles#847 / 2211 · 61st pct

Solo tackles#868 / 2211 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1276 / 2211 · 21st pct

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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.0
Road4g	3.0	1.0	0.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.7	0.8	0.7	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	3.0	0.9	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Virginia Tech	29	17	9.0	6.5	--	--	--
2016	Florida	--	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		29	17	9.0	6.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2020

W 42–35

at Louisville

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 SACKS

Edged out Louisville on the road in a shootout.

With H. Hooker — 183 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 68 rush yds (19 car) · 3 TD · T. Robinson — 28 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week