Josh Reed

Joshua Blake Reed (born May 1, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for eight seasons with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) during the 2000s. He played college football for the LSU Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors and recognition as the nation's best college receiver. He was selected by Buffalo in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft.

Early life Reed was born in Rayne, Louisiana. He attended Rayne High School, and played high school football for the Rayne Mighty Wolves.

College career Reed attended Louisiana State University, and played for coach Gerry DiNardo and coach Nick Saban's LSU Tigers football team from 1998 to 2001. While at LSU, he was one of the most productive receivers in college football. In only two years as a wide receiver (his freshman year he played running back for most of the season and he declared for the NFL draft after his junior season) he rewrote the SEC record books. He holds the SEC record for receiving yardage in a game (293 vs. Alabama in 2001) and season (1,740 in 2001). He also held the career receiving yardage record with 3,001 yards until 2002 when the record was broken by Georgia receiver Terrence Edwards. Reed also holds the SEC season record for receiving yardage per game (145.0 in 2001) and is second in career receiving yardage per game (96.8). He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 2000 and 2001, and a consensus All-American in 2001. He was awarded the Biletnikoff Award as the season's outstanding college football receiver in 2001.

Professional career Buffalo Bills Reed was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round (36th overall) of the 2002 NFL draft. In 2003, Reed replaced Peerless Price as the Bills' starting wide receiver. He caught 58 passes and two touchdowns. Reed was hospitalized for two days in November 2006 after bruising his kidney.

Reed caught 311 passes for 3,575 yards and 10 touchdowns with the Bills. He became an unrestricted free agent following the 2009 season.

San Diego Chargers Reed was signed by the San Diego Chargers to a one-year contract on June 11, 2010. Year Team Games Receptions Targets Yards Yards per rec. Long TDs First downs Fumbles Fumbles lost 2002 BUF 16 37 - 509 13.8 42 2 23 1 1 2003 BUF 16 58 - 588 10.1 26 2 33 1 1 2004 BUF 12 16 - 153 9.6 20 0 8 0 0 2005 BUF 16 32 - 449 14.0 51 2 21 0 0 2006 BUF 13 34 48 410 12.1 52 2 21 0 0 2007 BUF 15 51 89 578 11.3 30 0 33 0 0 2008 BUF 13 56 79 597 10.7 24 1 36 0 0 2009 BUF 14 27 45 291 10.8 29 1 18 0 0 Career 115 311 261 3,575 11.5 52 10 193 2 2