WILLIE REID

Wide Receiver/Halfback/Return Specialist

Florida State University Seminoles

5:10.2-186

Kathleen, Georgia

Warner Robins High School

3^rd Round – 95^th Overall

OVERVIEW

As a freshman, Reid arrived in Tallahassee as a tailback but was moved to receiver before breaking his leg and missing the entire 2001 season…He played tailback and earned playing time returning kickoffs during his redshirt freshman season…The following season, he moved back and forth from receiver to tailback while continuing to return kicks…As a junior, he earned most of his playing time at receiver, continued to return kicks and was thrust into the role of returning punts…Reid nearly moved back to the running back position when the need for an experienced player at that position arose…During his final year, he finally became the team's full-time starter, performing at split end.He has, during his Seminole career, gained yards from four different positions in a single game numerous times during his career…Reid was voted the Offensive Player of the Year in the state of Georgia as a senior at Warner Robins High School…He was named to the All-Southern team by the Orlando Sentinel and earned a BorderWars.com top 100 selection…He ran for 5,346 yards and scored 65 touchdowns during his outstanding prep career…Reid gained 1,864 yards on the ground as a senior and rushed for over 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns his junior season…He was also a standout punt returner…Reid selected Florida State over Georgia and Florida…He appeared to have won a starting job as a true freshman in 2001, but suffered a fractured left fibula in August camp…He was granted a medical hardship and was forced to sit out the season…He appeared in 10 games in 2002, missing three contests with a shoulder injury…Reid carried 27 times for 130 yards (4.8 avg) and a touchdown, adding 37 yards on six catches (6.2 avg) and a 12-yard kickoff return as a redshirt freshman tailback…Reid was on the field for every contest in 2003…He rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns (4.7 avg) and ranked fourth on the squad with 20 catches for 189 yards and a score…He also had three kickoff returns for 80 yards (26.7 avg)…A sprained ankle in preseason and a pulled hamstring at midseason lingered throughout the year for Reid in 2004…He shifted to the receiving unit, seeing action in 11 games as a reserve…Reid caught 15 passes for 186 yards (12.4 avg) and a touchdown…He gained 15 yards on a reverse and 67 yards on four kickoff returns (16.8 avg)…Reid also averaged 13.7 yards on 38 punt returns, good for 522 yards…Reid started 11 times at split end in 2005 and ranked second on the team with a career-high 50 receptions for 634 yards (12.7 avg) and a touchdown…He gained 145 yards on eight kickoff returns and 5 yards on a reverse…He ranked fourth in the nation with 31 punt returns for 541 yards (17.5 avg) and tied school season and career records with three runbacks for scores…In 45 games, Reid started only 13 times for the Seminoles, but collected 91 catches for 1,046 yards (11.5 avg) and three touchdowns…He carried 53 times for 309 yards (5.8 avg) and three scores, adding 304 yards on 16 kickoff returns (19.0 avg)…Reid holds the school career record with a 15.4-yard average on punt returns, the third-best career figure in Atlantic Coast Conference history…He had 69 punt returns for 1,063 yards and three touchdowns…He touched the ball 239 times, gaining 2,722 all-purpose yards.

CAREER NOTES

One of only a handful of Seminoles to score touchdowns running, catching and returning the ball…Gained 1,063 yards on 69 punt returns, joining Deion Sanders (1,429 yards, 1985-88) as the only players in school history to gain over 1,000 yards in a career…His 1,063 yards rank fourth in Atlantic Coast Conference annals behind Steve Suter of Maryland (1271, 2001-04), Ledel George of North Carolina State (1191, 1990-93) and Kelley Rhino of Georgia Tech (1135, 1999-2002)…His punt return average of 15.4 yards broke the old school career record of 14.0 yards by Buddy Blankenship (1964-65) and placed him third in ACC annals behind Bobby Bryant of South Carolina (17.1 avg., 1964-66) and Fred Coombs of North Carolina State (15.5 avg., 1965- 67)…His three punt returns for touchdowns in 2005 tied the school season-record first set by Joe Wessel in 1984 and equals the FSU career-record held by Wessel, Deion Sanders and Terrell Buckley (1989-91)…He broke the school season record with 522 yards on punt returns in 2004, topping the old mark of 503 yards by Sanders in 1988 and Reid then broke his own season record by totaling 541 yards in 2005…His 541 yards rank second in ACC history behind Steve Suter of Maryland (771 in 2002)…He is the only player in Atlantic Coast Conference annals that gained over 500 yards in punt returns twice in a career…His 180 yards on punt returns vs. Penn State in the 2006 Orange Bowl topped the previous ACC game-record of 167 yards by Don Kelley of Clemson vs. Maryland in 1970 and the old school mark of 159 yards by Leon Washington vs. Wake Forest in 2003.

2005 SEASON

Member of The NFL Draft Report's All-American Dream Team as a multi-purpose back…Started 11 games at split end, missing The Citadel and Boston College games and most of the season opener vs. Miami with a knee sprain…Still managed to finish second on the team with 50 receptions for 634 yards (12.7 avg) and a touchdown…Ranked second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with an average of 5.0 catches per game and sixth with an average of 63.4 yards per game receiving…Gained five yards on a reverse and 145 yards on eight kickoff returns (18.1 avg)…Led the conference and ranked fourth in the nation with 31 punt returns for a school season-record 541 yards and a school record-tying three touchdowns…Ranked second in the ACC with an average of 120.45 all-purpose yards per game…Did not fumble once and gained 100 yards receiving for the first time in his career vs. Virginia.

2004 SEASON

Played in 11 games as a reserve receiver, missing the Syracuse contest with a right hamstring pull…Gained 790 all-purpose yards as he ranked sixth on the team with 15 catches for 186 yards (12.4 avg), including a touchdown, adding 15 yards on a rushing attempt and 67 yards on four kickoff returns (16.8 avg)…Ranked 19th in the nation with a 13.7-yard average on 38 punt returns for a school season-record (since broken by Reid in 2005) 522 yards, topping the previous mark of 503 yards by Deion Sanders in 1988…Did not fumble the ball all season.

2003 SEASON

Played in every game, earning a start at tailback vs. Virginia…Began the year at receiver, but moved to tailback after Leon Washington and Lorenzo Booker were injured early in the season...Also saw time as a kickoff returner...Carried 34 times for 159 yards (4.7 avg) and a pair of touchdowns…Ranked fourth on the team with 20 receptions for 189 yards (9.4 avg) and a score…Returned three kickoffs for 80 yards (26.7 avg) and totaled 428 all-purpose yards on 57 touches (32.92 ypg).

2002 SEASON

Named the team's Most Improved Player by the coaching staff…Spent the season as a running back and was the Seminoles' sixth leading rusher with 130 yards on 27 carries (4.8 avg.) with a touchdown while appearing in 10 games…Also caught six passes for 37 yards and returned one kickoff for 12 yards...Suffered a shoulder injury vs. Georgia Tech that would sideline Reid for the North Carolina, North Carolina State and Florida contests.

2001 SEASON

Redshirted as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Warner Robins (Ga.) High School, playing football for head coach Richard Fendley…Voted the Offensive Player of the Year in the state of Georgia as a senior… Named to the All-Southern team by the Orlando Sentinel and earned a BorderWars.com top 100 selection…Ran for 5,346 yards and scored 65 touchdowns during his outstanding prep career…Gained 1,864 yards on the ground as a senior and rushed for over 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns his junior season…Was also a standout punt returner.

PERSONAL

Graduated in December 2005 with a degree in Social Science major…Born 9/19/82...Resides in Kathleen, Georgia.