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Had never kicked in a college game until 2000 season, but emerged as one of the most consistent kickers in the country over the last two seasons An honorable mention All-ACC pick as senior and a second-team All-ACC player as a junior Has a very strong leg and is accurate Entered the 2000 season as a walk-on, but earned a scholarship after the Florida State game and elected to return for his final year of eligibility.
2001 Senior Season
Connected on 36 of 37 extra points tries of the season, which helped to set a new UNC record with 66 consecutive extra points, dating back to the start of the 2000 season The only extra point miss of his career came on a 35-yard attempt due to penalty against SMU, the last regular-season attempt of his career Did not play in the Oklahoma game due to a sprained ankle suffered three days prior to the game UNC had no field goal attempts in the first three games of the season, but against FSU Reed was accurate on field goals of 32 and 39 yards Was 1 for 2 in field goal attempts at NC State, including a 36-yarder to give UNC a 10-6 lead Established a new career-best with a 49-yard field goal against ECU That field goal came with 2:48 remaining in the game and helped seal UNCs 24-21 win Followed that with a career-best three field goals against Virginia Made all five extra points and kicked a 32-yard field goal in the win at Clemson Only missed one field goal inside 47 yards, and his 49-yarder against ECU equaled the ninth-longest field goal in UNC history Connected on 12 of 16 attempts for the season, including nine of 10 from 30-39 yards.
2000 Junior Season
Earned second-team All-ACC honors and was one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award, given annually to the nations top kicker Had never kicked in a college game prior to the 2000 season, but had an outstanding season making 16 of 20 field goal attempts and all 30 extra point tries Over 40 percent of his kickoffs went for touchbacks He did not miss a field goal attempt inside of 47 yards Booted a season-long 48-yard field goal in the Marshall win That FG was the 11th-longest in school history Made his final six field goal attempts of the season Was first-team Academic All-ACC.
East Mecklenburg High School
Earned all-conference and all-county honors at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte Kicked a 54-yard field goal, the longest in school history and the second-longest in state history Played four years of soccer and set school records for assists in a game, season and career Earned all-conference honors and led his team to the state finals Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society.
Personal
Born Jeffrey Montgomery Reed on April 9, 1979, in Kansas City, Mo. Majoring in journalism with a minor in communications His father, Morris, played basketball for Wichita State His mother, Pam, was a cheerleader for Wichita State His sister, Kristen, played soccer at UNC Charlotte and one year professionally for the Carolina Speed.
| Jeff Reed's Regular-Season Statistics |
| Year | FG | FGA | Pct. | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | LG | XP | XPA | Pct. |
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| 2000 | 16 | 20 | .800 | 3-3 | 10-10 | 3-7 | 48 | 30 | 30 | 1.000 |
| 2001 | 12 | 16 | .750 | 1-1 | 9-10 | 1-3 | 49 | 36 | 37 | .973 |
| Totals | 28 | 36 | .778 | 4-4 | 19-20 | 4-10 | 49 | 66 | 67 | .985 |
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