NFL · Draftees

Darrell Reed

1988 · Round 5 · Pick 116 · LB · Green Bay Packers

Darrell Reed played at Cypress-Fairbanks High School in Cypress, Texas. At Oklahoma he was a four-time first-team All-Big Eight defensive end (1984–1987), a third-team All-American in 1986 and a first-team All-American in 1987. He was also on the 1985 national title team. Green Bay drafted him in the fifth round, 116th overall, in 1988. Note: Wikipedia describes no NFL playing career. SoonerStats lists him on OU's roster for 1983 FR DE, 1984 FR DE, 1985 SO DE, 1986 JR DE, 1987 SR DE. His listed size in 1987 was 6-2, 225 lb. It gives his hometown as Cypress, TX and his high school as Fairbanks. It lists his birth as July 28, 1965. Pro Football Archives lists him as a letterman at Oklahoma in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. Its transaction log shows that the Green Bay Packers (NFL) signed and released him in 1988. The Oklahoman wrote on August 28, 1983: "OU has a quartet of four-star recruits in wide receiver-defensive back Troy Johnson of Alief, Texas, Hastings; linebacker Brian Bosworth of Irving, Texas, MacArthur; and linemen Darrell Reed of Houston Cypress-Fairbanks and Jeff Pickett of Texarkana, Texas."

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Reed | https://soonersports.com/sports/2019/8/13/208798496 | https://soonerstats.com/football/players/details.cfm?playerid=1281 | https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/r/reed01050.html | The Oklahoman, 1983-08-28, "'83 Was Year of the Lineman in Recruiting" (via NewsBank The Oklahoman)

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