Que Reid

Senior safety on James Madison's 2023 roster.

S · James Madison · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 201 lb · Concord, NC

CFB Index 23 · #482 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceJames Madison 2023 alumnus

The story

4 safety on James Madison's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to James Madison in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 2561 nationally · Signed with James Madison

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at James Madison, 55 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2018

Signed with James Madison2-star out of Jay M. Robinson

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2561 national

CFB

College

James Madison

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2023

2 coaches

2022

Curt Cignetti

James Madison

2023

Damian Wroblewski

James Madison

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Curt Cignetti → Damian Wroblewski. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022James Madison8-3HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #482 of 538?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Tackles#1248 / 2842 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1319 / 2842 · 52nd pct

Tackles for loss#1669 / 2842 · 38th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #482 of 538 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #482 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	James Madison	31	16	1.5	2	--	--
2022	James Madison	24	12	1.5	2	1	--
Career		55	28	3.0	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 16–14

at Troy

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 2 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With R. Hanson — 37 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG · J. McCloud — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.5 · -21 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-3vs Bucknell	5	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 36-35@ Virginia	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 16-14@ Troy	5	4	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Utah State	4	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 31-23vs South Alabama	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-13vs Georgia Southern	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 20-9@ Marshall	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 30-27vs Old Dominion	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 44-6vs UConn	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 23-26vs App State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-14@ Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 21-31@ Air Force	4	2	1.0	—	0
Total		31	16	1.5	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Que Reid

2018

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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