Elijah Reed

2025: Named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC Fourth Team... named to the Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC Fourth Team... 2024: Appeared in nine games while starting six… recorded 32 tackles… had 1.5 tackles for loss for three yards… had one interception for 26 yards… recorded four pass breakups… had a career-high seven tackles at Kent State (11/19/24)… recorded six or more tackles in three games… 2023 (Kentucky): Saw action in all 12 games on special teams...got his first career tackle in a win over Louisville... 2022 (Kentucky): Redshirt season...mid-year enrollee in January of 2022...saw his first collegiate action vs. Youngstown State and also saw action vs. Vanderbilt, Louisville and Iowa...named to First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll High School: Played at Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Class AAAAAA, the largest classification in Kentucky...consensus three-star prospect by ESPN, 247sports.com, and Rivals.com...one of the top-10 prospects in Kentucky by all three services...the No. 75 cornerback nationally by ESPN and No. 81 nationally as rated by 247sports...chosen honorable mention for the Lexington Herald-Leader “Class of the Commonwealth” list of the top seniors in Kentucky Personal: Born in Louisville, Kentucky...son of Brittney Webb and Demetrice Reed...has one sister, Kiley... majoring in Communications....