Gabe Reid

{{Short description|American football player (born 1977)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Gabe Reid | image = FEMA - 42659 - Former National Football League Players Visit Joint Field Office (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Reid (left) with Reno Mahe in 2009 | number = 48, 82 | position = Tight end, fullback | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|5|28}} | birth_place = Pago Pago, American Samoa | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 253 | high_school = Leone | college = BYU | undraftedyear = 2003 | pastteams = * New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2003}})* * Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2003}})* * Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2003}}–{{NFL Year|2006}}) | highlights = | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 7 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 57 | pfr = ReidGa00 }} '''Gabriel Reid''' (born May 28, 1977) is a former American football tight end for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of BYU.

==Football career== Reid played high school football for Leone High School in Leone, American Samoa and followed older brother Spencer Reid to Brigham Young University. Spencer was the first graduate from an American Samoan high school to play in the NFL, playing for the Carolina Panthers (1998) and Indianapolis Colts (1999).

==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 3 3/8 | weight = 255 | dash = 4.83 | ten split = 1.66 | twenty split = 2.79 | shuttle = 4.32 | cone drill = 7.49 | vertical = 37.0 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 11 | bench = 23 | arm span = 31 3/4 | hand span = 9 3/4 | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1521&DraftYear=2003 |title=Gabe Reid College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=March 28, 2026}}</ref> }}

After not being selected in the 2003 NFL draft, Reid signed with the Chicago Bears. Late in the 2006 season, Bears head coach Lovie Smith converted Reid into a fullback after starter Jason McKie injured his ankle.<ref name="Reid's Career with Bears" /> He fumbled a kickoff return in Super Bowl XLI at his 35-yard line with Colts player Tyjuan Hagler recovering and the Colts, after a fumble of their own, subsequently scored.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Silver|first=Michael|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2007/02/12/bringing-it-home|title=Bringing It Home|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=February 12, 2007|accessdate=July 22, 2020}}</ref> Reid became a restricted free agent after the season, but was not offered an extension and did not return to the Bears.<ref name="Reid's Career with Bears">{{cite news|last=Crist|first=John|url=https://247sports.com/nfl/chicago-bears/Article/Reids-Career-With-Bears-Likely-Over-104403978/|title=Reid's Career With Bears Likely Over|publisher=247Sports|date=March 4, 2007|accessdate=July 22, 2020}}</ref>

He ended his four-year NFL career with seven receptions for 57 yards and no touchdowns.

==Personal life== Reid is a husband and a father of four children, three girls and one boy. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/im-a-mormon---gabe-reid---former-nfl-player/youtube_01bec3c0-e553-11e0-8478-001cc4c03286.html|title=I'm a Mormon - Gabe Reid - Former NFL Player|newspaper=Daily Herald|date=September 22, 2011|accessdate=July 22, 2020|archive-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723074318/https://www.heraldextra.com/im-a-mormon---gabe-reid---former-nfl-player/youtube_01bec3c0-e553-11e0-8478-001cc4c03286.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has been serving as the second counselor in the Sunday School general presidency since April 6, 2024.

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