Izell Reese
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 7, 1974 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dothan, Alabama | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Dothan (AL) Northview | ||||||||
| College: | UAB | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1998 / Round: 6 / Pick: 188 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Retired | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 93 |
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| Games started: | 48 |
| Interceptions: | 8 |
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Izell Reese (born May 7, 1974 in Dothan, Alabama) is a former professional American football safety in the National Football League, who played seven seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, the Buffalo Bills, and the Denver Broncos. He played college football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Reese played football for Northview High School, where he led the team with five interceptions as a senior and also lettered in basketball.
Although he came to the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an unrecruited walk-on athlete, he was named the starter at safety as a freshman and led the team with 4 interceptions. The next season he registered 70 tackles, 1 interception and posted 18 tackles—the third best single-game total in school history—against Western Kentucky University. As a junior, he recorded 69 tackles. In his last year, he finished with 83 tackles and closed out his eligibility with a school-record 85-yard interception return for a touchdown against Arkansas State University.
During his time in college, the University of Alabama at Birmingham went from NCAA Division II to I-AA and on to Division I-A. He finished second in career tackles (276), fourth in career interceptions (8), first in career interception return yardage (135 yards) and first with 44 starts.
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