Wildcats’ overwhelming performance earns conference defensive honors for Reed

The Louisiana Christian University football program put forth a destructive defensive effort in its season-opening win last Thursday night and one of the stars of the victory, outside linebacker Andre Reed, was recognized by the Sooner Atheltic Conference office Monday as the SAC Defensive Player of the Week.

This is Reed’s second career weekly SAC award, but his first defensive hardware, winning Special Teams Player of the Week last October. The Wildcats have now tallied five accolades since joining the league in Fall 2021.

Reed, a senior from Basile, led the Wildcats with 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and two quarterback hurries in a lopsided win over East Texas Baptist. The 2.5 tackles for loss tied a career-high and the two hurries were also a new career-best.

The exercise science major ended the night with seven tackles, four of which were solo stops.

The Wildcats kick off conference play at home on Saturday at 6 p.m. opposite the Buffaloes of Arkansas Baptist (0-1) with fans encouraged to “Orange Out” Wildcat Field.

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