Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Ohio State
Arvell Reese
LB • 6'4" • 243 lbs • Cleveland, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Arvell Reese shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
74
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Player Story
Arvell Reese built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 8, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Arvell Reese's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 5
- Overall
- No. 5
- NFL Team
- New York Giants
Arvell Reese, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Ohio State. Arvell Reese shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 112
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Arvell Reese quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 112
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Ohio State
- Top game
- Ohio
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Glenville · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Glenville · 74 FBS recruits · 9 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · Pick 5 · New York Giants
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 69 tackles · LB 169th (top 14%) · Big Ten 40th (top 6%) · National 281st (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 13 | 37 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 23.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ohio State | 14 | 7 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 71.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 14 | 62 | 10 | 6.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 71.5 |
Related Context
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Arvell Reese played LB for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Arvell Reese recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Ohio State paired 23.5 primary output with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Ohio State
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
37.3
Usage
14.1
Consistency
48.5
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 1. Texas: 2. Grambling: 0. Ohio: 5. Washington: 0. Minnesota: 3. Illinois: 3. Wisconsin: 3. Penn State: 3.5. Purdue: 1. UCLA: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Indiana: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 7 by 39.2. Texas: 9 by 57.5. Grambling: 4 by 16.7. Ohio: 7 by 79.2. Washington: 5 by 20.8. Minnesota: 4 by 46.7. Illinois: 9 by 67.5. Wisconsin: 4 by 46.7. Penn State: 12 by 85. Purdue: 1 by 14.2. UCLA: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 12 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ohio
Best efficiency game
85 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1/1 | vs Miami | L 14-24 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/7 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 10-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Michigan | W 27-9 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Rutgers | W 42-9 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs UCLA | W 48-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Purdue | W 34-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Penn State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 38-14 | 12 | 5 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ WisconsinSplash game | W 34-0 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ IllinoisSplash game | W 34-16 | 9 | 8 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs MinnesotaSplash game | W 42-3 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Washington | W 24-6 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs OhioSplash game | W 37-9 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Grambling | W 70-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs TexasSplash game | W 14-7 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Arvell Reese story
Arvell Reese built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 8, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Arvell Reese's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Arvell Reese's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ohio State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 6 | 18.4 | 4.6 | 6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 6 | 18.4 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ohio State | 23.5 | 37.3 | 14.1 | 17.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 23.5 | 37.3 | 14.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 84 Ohio
Week 3 · W 37-9
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 15 Penn State
Week 10 · W 38-14 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3.5
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 12 · W 31-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 24 Illinois
Week 7 · W 34-16 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 85 Wisconsin
Week 8 · W 34-0 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Ohio State
23.5 primary output · 37.3 efficiency · 14.1 usage
71.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
71.5
23.5 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 14.1 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Ohio State
23.8
6 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
8
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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