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Reeves-Maybin, Jalen

Jersey Number 21
Jalen Reeves-Maybin
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Clarksville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Northeast
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Tackles - 21 vs. Oklahoma, 9/12/15
- Tackles For Loss - 3.5 vs. Georgia, 9/27/14
- Sacks - 2 at Georgia, 9/27/14
- Interceptions - 1 vs. Florida, 10/4/14
- Fumble Recovery - 1 four times, last vs. South Carolina, 11/7/15
- Forced Fumble - 1 vs. Oklahoma, 9/12/15
- Blocked Punt - 1 vs. Georgia, 10/5/13
- 10-Plus Tackle Games - 7 times, last vs. Virginia Tech, 9/10/16
CAREER HONORS
- 2016 Athlon Sports Preseason First Team All-SEC
- 2016 Lindy's Sports Preseason Second Team All-SEC
- 2016 The Butkus Preseason Award Watch List
- 2016 Bronko Nagurski Preseason Trophy Watch List
- 2016 Bednarik Preseason Award Watch List
- 2015 Phil Steele Preseason Fourth Team All-SEC
- 2015 Lindy's Sports No. 13 Top Outside Linebackers
- 2015 Lindy's Sports Preseason Second Team All-SEC
2016 - SENIOR
- 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 4/4
- Announced on Oct. 18 that he will be sidelined for the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury
- Made two tackles (one solo) before exiting the game in the first half vs. Florida (9/24) due to injury
- Had three tackles (one solo) and 0.5 TFL vs. Ohio (9/17)
- Made 13 tackles (8 solo), 1.5 TFL vs. Virginia Tech (9/10)
- Logged double-digit tackles for the seventh time in his career as 13 tackles vs. VT tied four his second-best, behind only 21 stops against Oklahoma last year
- Had two tackles vs. Appalachian State (9/1) before ejection due to targeting
- Seventh in overall tackles with 105 and ninth in SEC in tackles per game (8.1); led Vols with 14.0 TFLs (eighth in SEC) and second on team in sacks with 5.0
2015 - JUNIOR
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- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/13
- Returning starter at WILL linebacker as a junior in 2015
- Seventh in overall tackles with 105 and ninth in SEC in tackles per game (8.1); led Vols with 14.0 TFLs (eighth in SEC) and second on team in sacks with 5.0
- Six tackles including a 9-yard sack in Outback Bowl win over Northwestern (1/1)
- Closed regular-season with three tackles, including 12-yard sack vs. Vanderbilt (11/28)
- Led Vols in tackles in seven of 12 games in 2015
- Six career 10-tackle games, three in 2015
- Led Vols with seven tackles, including a TFL in win at Missouri (11/21)
- Team-high nine tackles including a TFL along with the game-sealing fumble recovery in the final minute and an additional forced fumble (11/7)
- Team-best 11 tackles, imcluding 2.5 TFLs and a sack at #8 Alabama (10/24)
- Five tackles in win vs. #19 Georgia (10/10)
- Topped team with 10 tackles, including a TFL, vs. Arkansas (10/3)
- Led team with eight tackles including 2.0 TFLs and a 5-yard sack at Florida (9/26)
- Career-high 21 tackles, most by a Vol since A.J. Johnson in 2012, including 3.0 TFLs vs. #19 Oklahoma (9/12); 21 tackles are most by a player in NCAA FBS in 2015
- Led Vols in tackles in win over Bowling Green (9/5) with nine including an 11-yard sack and two TFLs, also recovered a fumble recovery
2014 - SOPHOMORE
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- 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/13
- Started at WILL linebacker in second year with Vols
- Started all 13 games in 2014 and tied for first on the team with 101 tackles with 11.0 TFLs (third on team)
- Tied for eighth in SEC in total tackles
- Ranked ninth in the SEC in tackles per game (7.8)
- Posted career-high 13 tackles in 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl win over Iowa (1/2), including 11th TFL of the season
- Five tackles in win at Vanderbilt (11/29)
- Made seven tackles with a TFL vs. #19 Missouri (11/22)
- Had first-career interception, coming vs. Florida
- Surpassed entire freshman season tackle total (14) in second game of 2014 season
- Eight tackles with a TFL in win at South Carolina (11/1)
- Second-career 10-tackle game, at #12/13 Georgia (9/27), making career-best 3.5 TFLs and 7-yard sack
- Notched nine tackles and recovered a fumble at #4/3 Oklahoma (9/13)
- Six tackles including two TFLs including a 3-yard sack vs. Arkansas State (9/5)
- In first career start, racked up 10 tackles vs. Utah State (8/31)
2013 - FRESHMAN
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- 2013 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 11/0
- True freshman was a standout on special teams with team-best 11 tackles
- Rotated between linebacker and defensive back, playing in 11 games with 14 tackles on the season
- Had at least one tackle on special teams in six games in a row (9/21-11/2)
- Three tackles, all on defense, vs. #7 Auburn (11/9)
- Three tackles vs. Georgia (10/5); blocked a punt to resulted in a touchdown punt return by Devaun Swafford
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered at Northeast High School in Clarksville, Tenn. for coach Isaac Shelby
- Rivals: 4-star (No. 7 overall prospect in Tennessee, No. 13 overall position ranking)
- Scout: 4-star (No. 15 overall outside lineback)
- 247Sports: 4-star (No. 5 prospect in Tennessee, No. 135 overall prosepct)
- Gained more than 2,000 rushing yards as a senior, including 1,000 yards in three postseason games, with more than 300 yards in each game
- Scored five touchdowns in playoff game against eventual state champion Beech
- All-State on defense in 2012 by the Tennessee Sports Writers
- First-team all-state linebacker as a junior
- District offensive player of the year as a junior
- Area player of the year as a junior
- Area offensive player of the year as a sophomore
- Invited to "The Opening", an all-star summer prospect camp held on the Nike Campus
- Recorded 103 tackles, 1 sack, 10 forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries returning one for a TD as a junior while also running for 1,468 yards at 31 touchdowns on 170 attempts and completing 50.9% of his passes for 1,267 yards and 15 touchdowns
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Jalen Ahmad Reeves-Maybin
- Born Jan. 31, 1995
- Son of LaDawn Reeves and Marques Maybin
- His father played basketball at Louisville
- Majoring in Recreation & Sport Management
- Recipient of the Templeton Athletic Scholarship Endowment
- Recipient of Maddox Foundation Scholarship
- Recipient of Robinson & Holcomb Family Athletic Scholarship Endowment Fund
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