#22

Sael Reyes

Sophomore safety on SMU's 2026 roster.

S · SMU · So. · #22

6′1″ · 197 lb · East Saint Louis, IL

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 914 nationally · Signed with SMU

Last played in 2026.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Sophomore safety on SMU's 2026 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to SMU in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he projects

Grades highest in speed and press coverage.

The full scouting read

Next upSat Sep 26 · 9 pm ETvs Missouri StateGerald J. Ford StadiumSMU by 35

Sael Reyes

S · SMU · So · #22

Second year in the SMU secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against UC Davis, Week 2, 2026.

4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
seasons on the roster
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	SMU	4	1	1	--	--
2025	SMU	2	1	--	1	--
Career		6	2	1	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 56-10vs UC Davis	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 4 tackles

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Rhett Lashlee, all balanced offenses — 11-5 over that span.

2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

2026SMU2-1HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#119 / 939 · 72nd pct

QB hurries#283 / 939 · 35th pct

Sacks#285 / 939 · 35th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#633 / 939 · 16th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#932 / 939 · 1st pct

Tackles#940 / 939 · 0th pct

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 splits

Through 1 game: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Pass share

50.7%

103 pass / 100 run

Plays / game

67.7

3 games

Team sack rate

2.9%

104 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

The secondary · SMU

#21Jimmy WyrickS · Sr.62 tackles · 2025
#1Jarvis Lee Jr.S · Sr.55 tackles · 2025
William NettlesCB · So.37 tackles · 2025
#8Marcellus Barnes Jr.CB · Jr.32 tackles · 2025
#22Sael ReyesS · So.2 tackles · 2025

13 more on the roster · SMU team page

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