Defensive tackle, Clemson, 2012–15
D.J. Reader
- Number
- No. 48
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 325 lb
- Hometown
- Greensboro, NC
- Born
- Jul 1, 1994, in Greensboro, North Carolina
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D.J. Reader played defensive tackle at Clemson (2012–15). The Houston Texans took Reader in round 5, No. 166 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Team titles: ACC champions, 2015
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013N | 13 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 3 | – |
| On file | 21 | 22 | 43 | 5 | 3 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2016 | Combine or pro day 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅝″ | |
| Weight | 327 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| Wingspan | 80¼″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.33 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.84 s | |
| Vertical jump | 29½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′3″ | |
| Bench press | 30 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.90 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.71 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 131 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Houston Texans | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 14 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Houston Texans | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | Houston Texans | 15 | 47 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati Bengals | 15 | 39 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | New York Giants | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 131 | 309 | 12.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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