College football’s Early Signing Period began on Wednesday, and one of Florida’s signees on the first day was linebacker David Reese, a four-star linebacker out of Fort Pierce, Fla. The addition is noteworthy for the Gators, but not just because he’s a highly touted defender — Reese now joins fellow Florida linebacker David Reese. That’s right, there are now two linebackers on Florida’s roster who are named David Reese.
Yep, Florida now has 2 linebackers named David Reese on its roster
Good job, guys.
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Reese, the one who was already at Florida, is a sophomore who finished with 104 tackles this season, and he started in four games as a true freshman last year.
Here’s Alligator Army on the younger Reese’s addition to the class:
The younger Reese is rated as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports Composite rankings, though just a three-star player per 247Sports. He is, at 6’2” and 215 pounds, a rangy sort of player probably best suited to the outside linebacker positions unless he bulks up significantly in Gainesville — which means that Florida could play him alongside the elder Reese, who served as one of Florida’s middle linebackers throughout 2017.
My guess is Florida is going to have to come up with some sort of nickname for one of these guys, since calling them both the same thing ain’t gonna work.
