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SPECIAL PLAYER
Fourth-year wide receiver and kick returner Joe Reed capped
off his UVA career by being named the recipient of the 2019 Jet
Award, which is presented to the nation's top return specialist.
The award was one of many accolades and honors he earned
with his stellar performance this fall.
Reed was also a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award (nation's
top all-purpose player), and was tabbed as a first-team All-
American by the Football Writers Association of America, the
Walter Camp Football Foundation, Athlon Sports and Bleacher
Report. He was a second-team pick by Sporting News, CBS
Sports, SI.com and USA Today. In addition, he earned first-team
All-ACC honors as an all-purpose player and kick return special-
ist, and also was named the Touchdown Club of Richmond's
Specialist of the Year.
In 2019, Reed led all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players
with a kick return average of 33.2 yards per runback and had
two returns for touchdowns. He finished his Virginia career
as the program's all-time leader in kick return yards (3,042),
kickoff returns (106), kick returns for touchdowns (five) and
longest return (100 yards, tied for first). He is the only player in
FBS history with 3,000-plus career kick return yards and a ca-
reer return average of 28-plus yards. He is tied for ninth on the
NCAA's all-time list with five kickoff returns for scores and his
total return yards (3,042) also rank ninth all time.
Among ACC players, Reed ranks second in conference history
in kick return yards and is third in kickoff return average (28.7).
He ranks fifth all time at UVA with 4,679 all-purpose yards.
PHOTO BY MATT RILEY/COURTESY UVA
