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I think we’re understanding better what all he can do and then maybe what all you can do with him.American football player Dan Reeder No. He has the size, power, explosion and quickness to be able to do a lot of different things. To be quite honest with you I feel like we’re using him better. “He has the skill, the tools to be a really dominant player. “I’m probably out of place occasionally but it’s all good family fun I think.”Ĭolby elected to play at Delaware despite overtures from the likes of Syracuse, Illinois and Miami (Fla.). “I’m right in the middle of it and I’m stoking it all the time,” he added of the Reeder family dynamic. He had already established himself and here I am wanting people to know that I also have a chance to do something. “When I watch Troy and Colby it just reminds me so much of when I was younger,” Danny Rocco said. “My dad, who was the head coach, my brother Frank, who was older than me. went to Penn State, where Danny, a linebacker/safety who was also widely recruited, followed a year later before later transferring to Wake Forest. Jr., who is one year older, was a Parade All-American quarterback at Fox Chapel High near Pittsburgh, where their dad Frank Sr. Troy agreed, saying, “I know now, 2½, three years later, that if I didn’t have him pushing me, as competitive and hard-working as he is, I don’t think I’d have gotten as far as I have.” After a big win like that it’s extra special to be able to celebrate with him.” “We spend so much time together and really focus on all the fundamentals. “It’s probably been better than we expected,” Colby said of how much the two enjoy being teammates.

Troy, 2½ years older and two grades ahead of Colby at Salesianum, transferred from Penn State, where he started as a redshirt freshman in 2015, to Delaware after Colby verbally committed in early 2016 so the two could play together.

Colby called it “probably one of the best games I’ve ever seen” from Troy. 5-ranked Elon, which earned him CAA defensive player of the week honors. Last Saturday, Colby was thrilled to watch Troy make 15 tackles, including 4 ½ for lost yardage, in Delaware’s 28-16 win over then-No. I think that’s made him a better off-the-ball linebacker.”Īt the same time, Troy has watched Colby get to the point where he’s “preparing like a veteran” the way he studies tape while continuing to be one of the team’s most diligent and accomplished conditioning enthusiasts. “His last game of high school he was playing safety and his first games playing in college he’s almost playing defensive end,” marveled Troy, Delaware’s preseason All-American senior inside linebacker. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Reeder has been up to the task. When Rocco took over as coach in 2017 and installed a 3-4 defensive alignment, Reeder began playing the “Kat” outside linebacker spot, which sometimes involves lining up as a defensive end. Reeder has repeatedly demonstrated the athletic ability that highlighted his Salesianum career, in which Reeder blocked six kicks, was state defensive player of the year as a senior safety, rushed for 2,000-plus yards in 2015 and returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown in the 2016 DFRC Blue-Gold all-star game.Īt Delaware, where he redshirted in 2016, Reeder moved up to outside linebacker.