Usage / Role
62%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2018-2025Syracuse
David Reese
DL • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Fort Pierce, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
David Reese shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
65
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 8
- Program Path
- Florida • California • Syracuse
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
David Reese built his college career from 2018 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Fort Pierce, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with California, Florida, and Syracuse. The clearest part of David Reese's career...
Read the storyDavid Reese, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · California. David Reese shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 94
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 14
- QB hurries
- 14
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
David Reese quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Syracuse · DL
- Career Tackles
- 94
- Tracked sample
- 8 unique seasons · 11 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · California
- Top game
- Washington State
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · DL 277th (top 26%) · ACC 239th (top 31%) · National 1,764th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 2 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | California | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 12 | 29 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | California | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 9 | 20 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Syracuse | 10 | 24 | 3.5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 56.3 |
Related Context
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David Reese played DL for Florida, California, and Syracuse. Across 8 tracked seasons, David Reese recorded 94 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
California paired 23 primary output with 28.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida, California, Syracuse.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Syracuse
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
26.5
Usage
10.6
Consistency
39
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. UConn: 4. Clemson: 3. Duke: 0.5. SMU: 1. Pittsburgh: 3. Georgia Tech: 0. Miami: 0. Notre Dame: 3. Boston College: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 7 by 39.2. UConn: 4 by 56.7. Clemson: 3 by 42.5. Duke: 1 by 9.2. SMU: 3 by 22.5. Pittsburgh: 2 by 38.3. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 38.3. Boston College: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3.5 · Games = 2 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 8 · -2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs UConn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Boston College | L 12-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Notre DameSplash game | L 7-70 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Miami | L 10-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Georgia Tech | L 16-41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs PittsburghSplash game | L 13-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ SMU | L 18-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Duke | L 3-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ ClemsonSplash game | W 34-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs UConnSplash game | W 27-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Tennessee | L 26-45 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
David Reese story
David Reese built his college career from 2018 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Fort Pierce, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with California, Florida, and Syracuse. The clearest part of David Reese's career was his defensive production: 94 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, and 8 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with California. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but David Reese's production has multiple signals. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California, Florida, and Syracuse.
The arc is straightforward: David Reese moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Florida
2018-2022
Opening stop
- 2
California
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Syracuse
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 2.5 | 22.9 | 8.6 | 2.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 2.5 | 22.9 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | -2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | California | 23 | 28.1 | 9.8 | 23 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 23 | 28.1 | 9.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | California | 15 | 25.7 | 7.4 | -8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 15 | 25.7 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Syracuse | 16.5 | 26.5 | 10.6 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington State
Week 11 · W 42-39 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Wake Forest
Week 11 · W 46-36 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 53 UConn
Week 2 · W 27-20
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Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#4
@ UCLA
Week 13 · W 33-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.1 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 84.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Virginia
Week 1 · W 36-28 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · California
23 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 9.8 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · California
63.2
23 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 9.8 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Syracuse
56.3
16.5 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 10.6 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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