Upcoming Event: Football versus NC State on September 20, 2025 at 4 p.m.
Football
vs NC State
2024 Football Roster
Reese, Michael
Jersey Number 14
Michael Reese
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Cane Ridge
Bio
CAREER: Lettered five seasons (2020-21-22-23-24) at Duke ... in 53 career games (two starts), compiled 98 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks, one caused fumble, three PBUs and six QB pressures ... exploded during final season by surpassing TFL and sack career totals in 2024 alone ... earned 2+ tackles in 25 games, including a career-high six against North Carolina A&T in 2022, Elon in 2024 and SMU in 2024 ... booked a career-high two QB pressures against Northwestern in 2022 … recorded a career-high 1.5 TFL against Virginia Tech in 2024 ... played 1,486 career snaps.
2024: Experienced action in all 13 games, starting one, against Virginia Tech on Senior Night ... totaled 44 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks and one caused fumble … posted 1+ tackle in all 13 contests, 3+ eight times and 5+ in three games ... registered a season-high six stops versus Elon and SMU ... logged a season-best 1.5 TFL against Virginia Tech ... recorded 0.5+ TFL six times ... booked 1.0 sack versus Elon ... credited with a caused fumble against SMU … on the field for 592 snaps.
2023: Saw action in all 13 games ... compiled 10 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 0.5 sacks and one PBU … posted 1+ tackles in seven contests, including a season-best four against Wake Forest ... logged a season-best 1.0 TFL against North Carolina and 0.5 sack against Northwestern … tallied one PBU against North Carolina … on the field for 157 snaps.
2022: Saw action in all 13 games ... registered 28 tackles, 1.0 TFL, two PBUs, and four QB pressures ... posted 2+ tackles in seven contests, including a season-best six against North Carolina A&T ... logged one PBU versus Virginia and Wake Forest ... compiled a season-high two QB pressures against Northwestern ... on the field for 411 snaps.
2021: Saw action in all 12 games, making one start against Charlotte ... registered 15 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1.0 sacks and two QB pressures ... posted 2+ tackles in five contests, including a season-best three against Wake Forest ... earned lone TFL against Virginia ... logged one QB hurry against Charlotte and Virginia ... on the field for 317 snaps.
2020: Played in two games against North Carolina and Virginia Tech, earning one tackle against the Tar Heels … on the field for nine snaps ... enrolled at Duke in January, 2020.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Lettered three years at Cane Ridge under coach Eddie Woods ... consensus three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com ... charted by 247Sports.com as the No. 78 defensive tackle in the nation ... ranked by ESPN.comas the No. 31 overall prospect and No. 4 defensive tackle in the state of Tennessee ... compiled 85 tackles, 25 TFL, 11 sacks, one forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries over final two seasons ... three-time all-region honoree, two-time all-city selection and two-time region defensive player of the year ... also tabbed the all-city lineman of the year, while being named a Hume Award finalist ... helped Cane Ridge to four straight state playoff appearances ... finalist for the Franklin D. Watkins Memorial Award, an honor presented to the nation’s top African-American high school scholar-athlete, joining former Duke lettermen Zavier Carmichael, Rakavius Chambers, Jaylen Coleman, Matt Daniels, Mataeo Durant, Brandon Hill, Vince Oghobaase and Deion Williams, along with current team members Jordan Moore and Wesley Williams as finalists for the award.
PERSONAL: Graduated from Duke in December 2023 with a degree in environmental sciences and a double minor in earth & ocean studies and African & African American studies ... added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025 ... son of James and Dawn Reese ... sister, Mia, is a current member of the volleyball program at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB).
2024: Experienced action in all 13 games, starting one, against Virginia Tech on Senior Night ... totaled 44 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks and one caused fumble … posted 1+ tackle in all 13 contests, 3+ eight times and 5+ in three games ... registered a season-high six stops versus Elon and SMU ... logged a season-best 1.5 TFL against Virginia Tech ... recorded 0.5+ TFL six times ... booked 1.0 sack versus Elon ... credited with a caused fumble against SMU … on the field for 592 snaps.
2023: Saw action in all 13 games ... compiled 10 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 0.5 sacks and one PBU … posted 1+ tackles in seven contests, including a season-best four against Wake Forest ... logged a season-best 1.0 TFL against North Carolina and 0.5 sack against Northwestern … tallied one PBU against North Carolina … on the field for 157 snaps.
2022: Saw action in all 13 games ... registered 28 tackles, 1.0 TFL, two PBUs, and four QB pressures ... posted 2+ tackles in seven contests, including a season-best six against North Carolina A&T ... logged one PBU versus Virginia and Wake Forest ... compiled a season-high two QB pressures against Northwestern ... on the field for 411 snaps.
2021: Saw action in all 12 games, making one start against Charlotte ... registered 15 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1.0 sacks and two QB pressures ... posted 2+ tackles in five contests, including a season-best three against Wake Forest ... earned lone TFL against Virginia ... logged one QB hurry against Charlotte and Virginia ... on the field for 317 snaps.
2020: Played in two games against North Carolina and Virginia Tech, earning one tackle against the Tar Heels … on the field for nine snaps ... enrolled at Duke in January, 2020.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Lettered three years at Cane Ridge under coach Eddie Woods ... consensus three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com ... charted by 247Sports.com as the No. 78 defensive tackle in the nation ... ranked by ESPN.comas the No. 31 overall prospect and No. 4 defensive tackle in the state of Tennessee ... compiled 85 tackles, 25 TFL, 11 sacks, one forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries over final two seasons ... three-time all-region honoree, two-time all-city selection and two-time region defensive player of the year ... also tabbed the all-city lineman of the year, while being named a Hume Award finalist ... helped Cane Ridge to four straight state playoff appearances ... finalist for the Franklin D. Watkins Memorial Award, an honor presented to the nation’s top African-American high school scholar-athlete, joining former Duke lettermen Zavier Carmichael, Rakavius Chambers, Jaylen Coleman, Matt Daniels, Mataeo Durant, Brandon Hill, Vince Oghobaase and Deion Williams, along with current team members Jordan Moore and Wesley Williams as finalists for the award.
PERSONAL: Graduated from Duke in December 2023 with a degree in environmental sciences and a double minor in earth & ocean studies and African & African American studies ... added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025 ... son of James and Dawn Reese ... sister, Mia, is a current member of the volleyball program at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB).
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