Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Mississippi State
DJ Reed
DL • 6'4" • 285 lbs • Columbus, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Auburn • Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
DJ Reed built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Columbus, GA wearing No. 42, spending time with Auburn and Mississippi State. The clearest part of DJ Reed's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
DJ Reed, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State. DJ Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
DJ Reed quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Carver · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Carver · 40 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DL 330th (top 31%) · SEC 233rd (top 31%) · National 1,957th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 10 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49.3 |
Related Context
Keep exploring DJ Reed
DJ Reed played DL for Auburn and Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, DJ Reed recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 8 primary output with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Auburn, Mississippi State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
16.8
Usage
5.2
Consistency
37.5
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. Arizona State: 1. Alcorn State: 2. Northern Illinois: 1. Tennessee: 3. Florida: 0. Texas: 0. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 1 by 14.2. Arizona State: 0 by 10. Alcorn State: 4 by 36.7. Northern Illinois: 3 by 22.5. Tennessee: 4 by 46.7. Florida: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 3 by 12.5. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.8 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
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ole Miss | L 19-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Missouri | L 27-49 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Georgia | L 21-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Texas | L 38-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Florida | L 21-23 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs TennesseeSplash game | L 34-41 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Northern Illinois | W 38-10 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Alcorn StateSplash game | W 63-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Arizona State | W 24-20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Southern Miss | W 34-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ Reed story
DJ Reed built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Columbus, GA wearing No. 42, spending time with Auburn and Mississippi State. The clearest part of DJ Reed's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives DJ Reed's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Auburn
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Mississippi State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 16.8 | 5.2 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 19 Tennessee
Week 5 · L 34-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Alcorn State
Week 3 · W 63-0
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 4 · W 38-10
1
Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 2 · W 24-20
1
Havoc Plays
26.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.9 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 94 Southern Miss
Week 1 · W 34-17
1
Havoc Plays
17.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 17.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
8 primary output · 16.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage
49.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Auburn
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Auburn
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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