Reggie Tongue

Reginald Clinton Tongue (born April 11, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers.

Early life Tongue attended Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. As a senior for Lathrop, Tongue played running back/defensive back and rushed for 932 yards and 12 scores. On defense, he had 11 interceptions. He was named 1990 Alaska football player of the year and signed a letter of intent to play RB for Oregon State University.

College career Tongue attended Oregon State University, where he played for the Beavers. Originally recruited as a running back, Tongue was redshirted his freshman year, during his sophomore year, due to injuries in the defensive backfield Tongue moved to cornerback and eventually to free safety his junior year. During his tenure, Reggie tied a pac-10 record with 4 interceptions returned for touchdowns. He finished at OSU with 9 interceptions, 362 tackles and was named to the 2nd team all-pac-10 team in 1994 and the 1st team in 1995.

Professional career Tongue was selected in the second round (58th overall) in the 1996 NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. He would play there for 4 seasons, until being picked up by the Seattle Seahawks for the 2000 season, where he played until 2003. In 2004 he played for the New York Jets and completed his career in 2005 with the Oakland Raiders.

NFL career statistics Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles G GS Comb Solo Ast Sack Int Yds Lng TD PD FF FR Yds TD 1996 KC 16 0 4 4 0 0.0 — — — 0 — 0 — — — 1997 KC 16 16 88 67 21 2.5 1 0 0 0 — 2 0 0 0 1998 KC 15 15 98 78 20 2.0 — — — 0 — 1 1 0 0 1999 KC 16 16 94 83 11 2.0 1 80 46 1 9 5 3 9 1 2000 SEA 16 6 57 43 14 0.0 0 0 0 0 5 1 — — — 2001 SEA 16 16 81 61 20 1.0 3 67 55 1 7 0 2 23 0 2002 SEA 16 16 105 77 28 0.0 5 118 46 1 10 0 2 11 0 2003 SEA 14 14 71 57 14 2.0 4 11 10 0 8 2 1 0 0 2004 NYJ 16 16 72 55 17 0.0 1 23 23 0 5 1 1 0 0 2005 OAK 4 1 6 6 0 0.0 — — — 0 — 0 — — — Career 145 116 676 531 145 9.5 15 299 55 3 44 12 10 43 1