![]() ![]() “I think we should have a chip on our shoulder the size of a boulder or mountain this game. ![]() “Last time I had to sit on the sidelines and watch them whoop up on us. “No one here’s beaten them,” said Reeder. He’s just happy to be in a position to help his teammates this time. It was the Wildcats’ ninth-straight win in the rivalry. Missing the whole 2019 campaign meant that Reeder could only watch when Delaware got crushed at Villanova, 55-33, to end the season. It doesn’t hurt that Reeder can get some coaching from big brother, Troy, who’s now a linebacker with the L.A. “I’m just kind of going where they need me right now. “I’ve been kind of bouncing around to a few positions because our defense has been doing so good,” said Reeder. Reeder had three tackles, including one for a loss, against DelState. He’s splitting time with veteran Drew Nickles. “It’s going to be a big one so I’m going to be ready to go,” said Reeder.Īn outside linebacker early in his career, Reeder is lining up mostly in the middle right now. The loser of the regular-season ending matchup will have a tough time making the NCAA FCS playoff field when the 16-team bracket is announced on Sunday. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound linebacker returns just in time to play in Delaware’s biggest game of the spring season. But once I got out there and started hitting guys again, it kind of slowed down, knocked the rust off. “Eight hundred and sixty-nine days - I’ve been counting it - since the JMU playoff game. At the start of the game I felt a little bit like a freshman again. “It was awesome,” he said after the Hens’ 34-14 win. So to say that Reeder was just happy to be back on the field would be an understatement. Since then, the former high school standout has been dealing with a pair of back and one shoulder injury. 24, 2018 in Delaware’s 20-6 loss at James Madison in the NCAA FCS Division I playoffs. to be able to share a field with him.”īefore Saturday’s game at Delaware State, Reeder’s last real appearance for the Blue Hens was on Nov. When Reeder told him it had been 869 days, Plack couldn’t believe it. On the ride down to Dover last Saturday, Noah Plack was asking his Delaware football teammate, Colby Reeder, how long it had been since he last played in a game. ![]()
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