Eastern Michigan Athletics

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Javon Reese
Jersey Number 90

Javon Reese

  • Position:
    DL
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Ft. Wayne, Ind.
  • High School:
    Southside
PERSONAL: Full name: Javon Michael Reese...Son of Charlie Reese, Sr. and Janet Reese...Born 1-19-89...Biology major...Has nine brothers, Charlie, Jr., Terry, Elgin, Quinton, Walter, Julian, Donlaray, Richard and Joseph Sanders, and seven sisters, Vnemina, Nedrena, Jana, Maqube, Ashley Sanders, Lanja Sanders and Chantell Martin...Brother, Terry, runs track at Wisconsin, brother, Elgin, played football at Butler, brother, Walter, played football at Tennessee State, sister Vnemina, played basketball at Michigan State, brother, Julian, played football at Iowa State, brother, Donlaray, played football at St. Francis, and sister, Jana, played basketball at Vincennes...EMU: Has earned three letters in his first two seasons...Enrolled at EMU in January 2008...Practiced with the team during spring ball in 2008, 2009 and 2010...Has played in 35 games with 17 starts...For his career he has 15 tackles-for-loss of 84 yards to go along with 5.5 sacks for 23 yards and 66 total tackles...Has been one of the top scholar-athletes on the team with a 3.5 GPA as a biology major...2010: Played in all 12 games, earning seven starts...Finished 12th on the team in tackles with 25 and led the team in both tackles-for-loss (4.5-34) and sacks (3.5-23)...Also had one fumble recovery, in the season opener against Army (Sept. 4)...Had four games with TFLs and three with sacks...Named honorable mention on the All-MAC Academic Team...2009: Earned his second straight letter...Started in 10 of the 11 games he played, missing one contest with an injury...Finished second on the team in tackles-for-loss with nine for 38 yards...Was 10th on the team in tackles with 41...Named honorable mention on the All-Mid-American Conference Academic Team with a 3.49 GPA as a biology major...2008: Played all 12 games in the 2008 season...Totaled 14 tackles on the year and had 1.5 tackles-for-loss of 12 yards and a sack for nine yards in the season opener at home against Indiana State (Aug. 28)...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Southside H.S. in Ft. Wayne, Ind. where he played football for Head Coaches Matt Land and Mike Chevron...Member of the Academic Honor Roll and was one of the Top 50 graduating seniors...Earned an Academic Honors diploma...Senior Year: Tallied 37 tackles and registered eight sacks in eight games before sustaining a season-ending injury...Also had a blocked punt, a blocked extra-point attempt and recovered a fumble for a touchdown.
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