David Reese is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Syracuse.
Reese disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for four head coaches at three programs in eight seasons: Dan Mullen, Billy Napier, Justin Wilcox and Fran Brown. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Tennessee — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Syracuse | 24 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 2024 | California | 22 | 14 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2023 | California | 33 | 20 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 3 |
| 2022 | Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Florida | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Florida | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 94 | 61 | 21.0 | 14.0 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45vs No. 24 Tennessee | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-21@ Clemson | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-38vs Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ No. 7 Georgia Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ No. 18 Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-70@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-34vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 24 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
33%8 hurries24 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Pass share
48.6%
408 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
70.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
447 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #40 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2018–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Dan Mullen, Billy Napier, Justin Wilcox and Fran Brown.
