Reed Rus is a rangy, homegrown linebacker with upside in South Dakota’s front seven
Reed Rus, a South Dakota linebacker from Mount Vernon, brings rare size for the spot at 6-foot-4 and about 230 pounds, and his listed progression from freshman to redshirt freshman shows the kind of developmental arc teams like to see[2][6][7]. In his earliest college stat line, he logged one tackle in the 2024 season[2]. The real selling points are his length, physicality, and local-rooted competitiveness—he was a two-way high school standout who produced 58 tackles and 13 tackles for loss as a senior while also starring at quarterback, which hints at toughness and football instincts[3].
