Reggie Hedberg

Reggie Hedberg is an American football Defensive Tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Tennessee.
==Early Years==
Reggie Hedberg was not highly recruited coming out of Wadley High School in Alabama. He only started playing Football in his senior year where he played on both the defensive line and at Tight End on offense. Hedberg received scholarship offers from a number of schools to play basketball but decided Football was his true calling. Standing at 6'8 and weighing 245lbs he dominated at his level of competition but was not highly recognized, in the end he received offers from a small selection of division 2 schools.
Hedberg decided to try walk on at a bigger FBS program and decided on the University of Tennessee, the school he had supported since his youth and where his parents had gone to college.
==College Career==
Hedberg was a walk on sensation at the University of Tennessee, he dominated on the defensive side of the ball creating a mismatch at Defensive Tackle with his height and surprising power. His combination of speed and size proved to be a challenge for Offensive Linemen and Hedberg was accepted as a walk on for the Vols.
Hedberg did not play during his Freshman or Sophomore year but was a big presence in practice and quickly became a team favourite. He spent his first two years learning the finer nuances of the game and developing his strength.
At the start of the 2015 Season new head coach LDYo saw the impact Hedberg was having on the program as a leader and hard working player. He made the decision to award Hedberg a scholarship at a team meeting which drew huge applause from the team, during early season practices the decision was also made to make him the starter at Defensive Tackle.
Hedberg did not disappoint, in his first season of playing college football Hedberg brought the same disruption demonstrated in practice to competitive play, he emerged as a key piece of a feared front 7 alongside best friend and defensive captain Trent Haynes 
==College Statistics==
Season	Team 	GP	Tackles	INT	Sacks	FF	FR	TD
2015 	Tennessee	8 	13 	1 	6.0 	0 	0 	0
Career	Tennessee	8 	13 	1 	6.0 	0 	0 	0