Nolan Reed brings blocking grit and special-teams value for SEMO’s tight end room
In the 2025 season, Nolan Reed was a steady depth piece for Southeast Missouri State, appearing in all 13 games in 2024 mainly on special teams, and the staff said he made strides entering the 2025 season as a contributor in the TE rotation and on special teams. He’s a 6-foot-3, 249-pound graduate student who originally arrived as a redshirted linebacker, then added serious muscle and learned a new position on the fly—a nice little Swiss-army-knife conversion story. He fits teams that want a physical, developmental tight end with toughness, versatility, and buy-in, though he’s still more role player than stat-sheet bully.
