Under-the-radar rookie DL with SEC-sized upside in Liberty's front
In the 2026 season, Xavier Reid arrives at Liberty as a freshman defensive lineman at 5-11, 265, a three-star recruit who earned Palm Beach Defensive Player of the Year honors as a junior and missed his senior season with an injury[1][12]. The appeal is the combo: compact leverage, a proven disruptive streak from high school, and a chip-on-the-shoulder mentality he’s voiced himself—he says he came to Liberty with “everything to prove”[3]. He looks like a fit for a defense that wants a high-motor interior piece who can develop into an early-down space-eater and eventually a sneaky-wild pass-rush problem[1][4].
