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Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2018)

As a Fifth Year (2021)

  • Stanford Defensive Player of the Game (Week 5- Oregon)
  • Appeared in all 12 games making 11 starts
  • Finished fourth on the team with 62 tackles, 33 solo
  • Added a team high 10.0 TFLs, 0.5 sack, and eight QB hurries, with one interception and three pass breakups
  • Had two quarterback hurries and a TFL at Vanderbilt, finishing with seven tackles (Sept. 18)
  • Had a career day against No. 3 Oregon . . . his interception, the first of his career, was the first interception the Ducks had thrown all year . . . added six tackles, 0.5 sack, 1.0 TFL and a QB hurry . . . his sack came on a fourth down attempt on the goal line at the end of the first half (Oct. 2)
  • Made 2.5 TFL and a career high 10 tackles against No. 22 Arizona State, leading the Cardinal in both categories (Oct. 8)
  • Tied his career high with three TFLs at Oregon State (Nov. 13)

As a Senior (2020)

  • Played in five games with two starts
  • Totaled 27 tackles, four tackles for loss and two sacks
  • Added a forced fumble
  • Managed a team-best six tackles (two solo) at No. 23 Washington (Dec. 5)
  • Eight tackles (five solo), including one for loss, and forced his first career fumble on the final Oregon State drive to help seal the victory over the Beavers (Dec. 12)
  • Career-best nine tackles, including three for loss, and two sacks to register his first career multi-sack game in a double-overtime win at UCLA (Dec. 19)

As a Junior (2019)

  • Played in all 12 games and started the final seven
  • Finished with 43 tackles, nine tackles for loss and two sacks
  • Added five quarterback hurries and two pass breakups
  • Made his first start of the season and totaled six tackles, including a career-best 18-yard sack, vs. No. 15 Washington
  • Contributed four tackles, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry vs. UCLA
  • Career-high tying six tackles and two QB hurries in the victory over Arizona

As a Sophomore (2018)

  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
  • Played in 13 games and started four
  • Led team and finished fourth in Pac-12 with 5.5 sacks
  • Second on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss
  • Finished with 35 tackles (19 solo)
  • One tackle in collegiate debut vs. San Diego State (Aug. 31)
  • Five tackles (four solo) and first career sack (1.0) at Notre Dame (Sept. 29)
  • Five tackles (two solo), 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss in win at Cal (Dec. 1)

As a Freshman (2017)

  • Did not see action

Prior to Stanford

  • Served two-year LDS mission in American Samoa
  • Played football at Timpview (Utah) under head coach Cary Whittingham
  • Nation’s 33rd-best defensive end by PrepStar, 51st by ESPN, 58th by Scout
  • Nation’s 43rd-best weak side defensive end by 247Sports
  • Utah’s fifth-best recruit by PrepStar, sixth by Scout, ninth by ESPN, 12th by 247Sports, 13th by Rivals
  • 251 career tackles and 41 sacks
  • 100 tackles, 17 sacks as a senior
  • Led team to three state titles
  • 2014 MaxPreps All-America second team
  • 2014 All-Scout Mountain/Island first team
  • 2014 Region 8 Defensive MVP
  • Two-time all-state
  • Three-time all-region

Personal

  • Full name is Gabe Simi Reid
  • Born in Provo, Utah
  • Son of Spencer and Marieta Reid
  • Father played football at BYU and professionally for the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts
  • Has three siblings, Karene, Mana and Matlena
  • Brother, Karene, plays football at Utah
  • Uncle, Gabe Reid, played football at BYU and professionally for the New York Jets and Chicago Bears
  • Uncle, Jared Reid, played football at Utah State
  • Uncle, Gordon Reid, played football at Southern Utah
  • Uncle, Adney Reid, played football at BYU
  • Cousin, Toloa’i HoChing, played football at BYU
  • Cousin, Beaver HoChing, played football at Utah
  • Eagle Scout