Player Dossier

2023-2025

Ohio 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.

Usage Score

14.1

Efficiency

37.3

Consistency

48.5

Season Value

50

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

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.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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 1/1vs MiamiL 14-2473000
Sun 12/7vs IndianaSplash gameL 10-1310000
Sat 11/29@ MichiganW 27-921000
Sat 11/22vs RutgersW 42-910000
Sun 11/16vs UCLAW 48-1031000
Sat 11/8@ PurdueW 34-1011100
Sat 11/1vs Penn State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 38-141252.5010
Sat 10/18@ WisconsinSplash gameW 34-044210
Sat 10/11@ IllinoisSplash gameW 34-16981.501.500
Sat 10/4vs MinnesotaSplash gameW 42-341110
Sat 9/27@ WashingtonW 24-653000
Sat 9/13vs OhioSplash gameW 37-972112
Sat 9/6vs GramblingW 70-041000
Sat 8/30vs TexasSplash gameW 14-794110

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2024 PostseasonOhio State618.44.66
2024 Regular SeasonOhio State618.44.60
2025 PostseasonOhio State23.537.314.117.5
2025 Regular SeasonOhio State23.537.314.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ohio

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#2

Penn State

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#3

Northwestern

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.1 takeover score.

#4

Texas

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

Illinois

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 49 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Ohio State

23.5 primary output · 37.3 efficiency · 14.1 usage

50

#2

2025 Regular Season · Ohio State

50

23.5 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Ohio State

15.3

6 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

8

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9214

Glenville · Cleveland, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

112

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 27 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.