Trovon Reed
UCF Knights
Position:Cornerbacks coach
Personal information
Born: (1990-12-30) December 30, 1990 (age 33)
Thibodaux, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school:Thibodaux
College:Auburn
Undrafted:2015
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
  • Auburn (2021)
    Player relations coordinator
  • Auburn (2022-2024)
    Director of football & player relations
  • UCF (2024-present)
    Cornerbacks coach
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:14
Pass deflections:3
Interceptions:2
Player stats at NFL.com

Trovon Reed (born December 30, 1990) is a former American football cornerback who is currently the cornerbacks coach for the UCF Knights. Reed spent time playing for the Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, San Diego Chargers, and San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He also played college football at Auburn.

Early years

Reed attended Thibodaux High School in Thibodaux, Louisiana where he graduated in 2010.[1]

College career

Coming out of high school, Reed committed to play football at Auburn University. Reed played games in five different years, spending the first four years at wide receiver and switched to cornerback for his senior season.[2] Reed used a medical redshirt his freshman season due to a knee injury. Reed was eligible for a medical redshirt due to only playing in one game that season.[3] Reed finished his career with 14 total tackles and 3 interceptions. Reed is a 2x SEC Champion (2010, 2013) and a 1x National Champion (2010).

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

On May 2, 2015, after going undrafted, Reed signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Seattle Seahawks.[4]

St. Louis Rams

On August 4, 2015, Reed signed with the St. Louis Rams replacing Devon Wylie on the 90 man roster.[5] On September 5, 2015 Reed was waived from the Rams roster as they trimmed their roster down to 53 players.[6] The following day the Rams signed Reed to their practice squad.[7] On September 15, 2015, Reed was released from the Rams' practice squad.[8]

Miami Dolphins

On October 20, 2015 Reed was signed to the Miami Dolphins' practice squad.[9] On November 2, 2015, the Dolphins cut Reed from their practice squad.[10]

Seattle Seahawks (second stint)

On November 17, 2015 Reed was signed to the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad.[11] On January 18, 2016 Reed signed a futures contract with the Seattle Seahawks.[12] On August 30, 2016, he was waived/injured by the Seahawks and placed on injured reserve.[13] On September 3, 2016, he was released from the Seahawks' injured reserve.[14]

San Diego Chargers

On October 26, 2016, Reed was signed to the Chargers' practice squad.[15] He was promoted to the active roster on November 22, 2016.[16] He was waived on September 2, 2017.[17]

Seattle Seahawks (third stint)

On November 14, 2017, Reed was again signed to the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad.[18] He was released on December 12, 2017.[19]

San Francisco 49ers

On December 20, 2017, Reed was signed to the San Francisco 49ers practice squad.[20] He signed a reserve/future contract with the 49ers on January 2, 2018.[21] He was waived on June 4, 2018.[22]

Seattle Seahawks (fourth stint)

On July 27, 2018, Reed signed with the Seattle Seahawks.[23] He was waived on September 1, 2018.[24]

Birmingham Iron

In 2019, Reed joined the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football.[25] He was placed on injured reserve on March 28, 2019. The league ceased operations in April 2019.[26]

St. Louis BattleHawks

In October 2019, Reed was selected by the St. Louis BattleHawks as part of the 2020 XFL Draft.[27] He was placed on injured reserve before the start of the season on January 21, 2020.[28][29] He was waived by the BattleHawks and claimed by the Tampa Bay Vipers on February 27, 2020, and traded back to the BattleHawks the next day in exchange for defensive tackle Kellen Soulek.[30] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[31]

References

  1. ^ "25 - Trovon Reed". Auburn Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "Trovon Reed". sports-reference. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Auburn football notes: Coach Gene Chizik calls Tigers' special teams 'spectacular' in win against Arkansas Razorbacks". ledger-enquirer.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Reed signs undrafted free agent deal with Seattle Seahawks". dailycomet.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "2015 St. Louis Rams Training Camp: Twitter Reactions To August 4 Practice". SBNation. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  6. ^ "CB Trovon Reed Cut". SBNation. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Rams sign Battle, Bryant, eight others to practice squad". Fox Sports. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  8. ^ "St. Louis Rams Shake Up Practice Squad, Bring Back Brandon McGee". Fansided. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  9. ^ "Injury ends Corey Grant's rookie season, Trovon Reed gets new NFL team". al.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  10. ^ "Concrete surrounding Dome's turf becomes issue". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  11. ^ "A few notes about Seattle Seahawks' Tuesday transactions: Kendall Hunter works out, and more". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  12. ^ "Seahawks sign 13 more players to futures contracts for 2016". ESPN710.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  13. ^ Boyle, John. "Seahawks Make Roster Moves To Reach 75-Player Limit". Seahawks.com.
  14. ^ "Seattle Seahawks Set 53-Man Roster, Trade For Defensive Backs L.J. McCray And Dewey McDonald". Archived from the original on November 27, 2016.
  15. ^ "Full List of Chargers 2016 Transactions". Chargers.com. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017.
  16. ^ Henne, Ricky (November 22, 2016). "Chargers Sign CB Trovon Reed to Active Roster". Chargers.com.
  17. ^ Henne, Ricky (September 2, 2017). "Los Angeles Chargers Cut Down Roster to 53". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017.
  18. ^ Boyle, John (November 14, 2017). "Seahawks Make Roster Moves". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018.
  19. ^ Boyle, John (December 12, 2017). "Seahawks Make Roster Moves". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017.
  20. ^ "49ers Sign DB Trovon Reed to Practice Squad". 49ers.com. December 20, 2017. Archived from the original on March 4, 2018.
  21. ^ "49ers Sign Nine Players to Reserves/Future Contracts". 49ers.com. January 2, 2018. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018.
  22. ^ "49ers waive DB Trovon Reed". NinersNation.com. June 4, 2018.
  23. ^ Boyle, John (July 27, 2018). "Seahawks Sign CB Trovon Reed, Claim Tight End Kyle Carter Off Waivers". Seahawks.com.
  24. ^ "Seahawks Set 53-Man Roster". Seahawks.com. September 1, 2018.
  25. ^ Inabinett, Mark (January 30, 2019). "Birmingham Iron sets roster for inaugural season". The Birmingham News. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  26. ^ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  27. ^ Bender, Bill (October 21, 2019). "XFL Draft picks 2019: Complete results, rosters, players for new football league". Sporting News. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  28. ^ Talbot, Damond (January 22, 2020). "A Full List of XFL Roster Cuts, Who was released today?". NFLDraftDiamonds.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  29. ^ "XFL Injured Reserve". XFL.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  30. ^ @XFLVipers (February 28, 2020). "TRANSACTION ALERT" (Tweet). Retrieved February 28, 2020 – via Twitter.
  31. ^ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

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