44	Taylor Reed
	Hometown: Beaumont, Texas High School: West Brook Height / Weight: 6-0 / 240 Position: LB Experience: JR-2L

Junior (2011): Named second-team All-C-USA... Started 12 games... Led the team with 101 tackles, including 9.5 tackles for loss and four sacks... Notched a season-high 14 tackles against Navy... Had eight tackles and a fumble recovery in the Compass Bowl win... Tallied 10 or more stops in four games... Had three pass breakups and a forced fumble... Selected to the Lombardi Award watch list.

Sophomore (2010): Started in all 14 games at linebacker... Named to All-Conference USA honorable mention... Posted 145 tackles (7th highest total in NCAA)... Notched two sacks and 4.5 TFLs... Averaged 10.4 tackles per game (16th - NCAA)... Posted double-digit tackle totals in seven games during the season... Recorded a season-high 20 tackles (12 solos) at Navy... Had two sacks in the C-USA Championship Game at UCF.

Freshman (2009): Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team... Played in all 13 games... Got the start at UAB and pulled down an interception in the end zone in the fourth quarter and helped stop Blazer QB Joe Webb on the potential game-tying two-point try with 13 seconds left in the game as the Mustangs snapped a 17-game Conference USA losing streak and a 15-game road losing streak... Had 57 tackles, 4.5 for-loss, and forced two fumbles on the year... Had a season-high eight tackles in the Rice win.

Prep: A two-star Rivals.com and Scout.com prospect... Earned all-district honors as a junior after notching 92 tackles.