Reggie Grimes II

Position:
DL
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
278
Hometown:
Antioch, Tenn.
High School:
Ravenwood HS

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2020	8-0	4	1	5	1.0-1	1.0-1	0-0	0	0	0
2021	13-5	10	8	18	2.5-17	2.0-17	0-0	0	0	0
2022	13-10	11	7	18	7.5-42	4.5-36	0-0	3	0	1
2023	4-0	0	2	2	0.5-1	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Career	38-15	25	18	43	11.5-61	7.5-54	0-0	3	0	1

2023
Played in four games but none since September due to injury … registered two tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss and one QB hurry … notched single tackles at Tulsa (9/16) and Cincinnati (9/23) … his assisted tackle at Tulsa went for loss … was also credited with a QB hurry in season opener vs. Arkansas State (9/2).

2022
An Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honoree … played in all 13 games and made 10 starts … did not start at Iowa State (10/29), Texas Tech (11/26) or vs. Florida State in Cheez-It Bowl (12/29) … tied for team lead with 4.5 sacks (for 36 yards)… totaled 18 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, five QB hurries and one forced fumble … made one stop and one QB hurry at Texas Tech (11/26) … had one tackle and a pair of QB hurries vs. Oklahoma State (11/19) … recorded one tackle and 0.5 sack at West Virginia (11/12) … notched a tackle for loss vs. Baylor (11/5) … made three tackles vs. Texas (10/8) … registered three tackles (1.0 TFL) at Nebraska (9/17) … had a career-high four tackles (2.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks) vs. Kent State (9/10) … logged three tackles (career-high 2.5 sacks) and a forced fumble vs. UTEP (9/3).

2021
An Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection … played in all 12 games and made five starts … registered 18 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, one pass breakup and four QB hurries … notched three tackles and a half-sack in Alamo Bowl win over Oregon (12/29) ... made two tackles at Oklahoma State (11/27) … logged two tackles in games vs. Texas Tech (10/30) and at Kansas (10/23) … had a pair of tackles (0.5 TFL) and a PBU vs. TCU (10/16) … made one tackle apiece in games vs. Texas (10/9), at Kansas State (10/2) and vs. Nebraska (9/18) … had one tackle (0.5 sack) vs. Western Carolina (9/11) … made two tackles (1.0 sack) and forced a fumble in season-opening start vs. Tulane (9/4).

2020
Played in eight games and totaled five tackles (four solo, one assist) and one sack … made a solo tackle in Cotton Bowl win over No. 7 Florida (12/30) ... notched two tackles (one solo, one assist) vs. Kansas (11/7) … registered two solo tackles and a sack in his collegiate debut vs. Missouri State (9/12).

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … played in the Under Armour All-America Game and Polynesian Bowl in January … invited to The Opening … No. 31 recruit in the country by ESPN, No. 142 by Rivals and No. 231 by 247Sports … touted as the third-best outside linebacker by ESPN … rated as the nation’s No. 7 weakside defensive end by Rivals and No. 13 by 247Sports … ranked the No. 1 recruit in Tennessee by ESPN, No. 5 by Rivals and No. 6 by 247Sports … registered 51 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, an interception, a fumble recovery and two defensive touchdowns as a senior ... also played running back and ran 43 times for 205 yards and four TDs in 2019 … chose OU over Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and others … father, Reggie, was a defensive lineman at Alabama in late ’90s.

PERSONAL
Major is environmental design.