{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox CFL biography |name=Jordan Reaves |team= |image=2023, 10, Jordan Reaves.jpg |caption=Reaves with the Edmonton Elks in 2023 |position1=Defensive lineman |birth_date={{birth date and age|1990|01|25}} |birth_place=Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |number= |cis=Brandon |high_school= |height_ft=6 |height_in=4 |weight_lb=230 |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2015}} |playing_team1=Winnipeg Blue Bombers* |playing_years2={{CFL Year|2016|2021}} |playing_team2=Saskatchewan Roughriders |playing_years3={{CFL Year|2022|2023}} |playing_team3=Edmonton Elks |CFL=jordan-reaves/161318/ }} '''Jordan Reaves''' (born January 25, 1990) is a Canadian professional football defensive lineman. He played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Elks. Reaves originally played basketball for the Brandon Bobcats of Canadian Interuniversity Sport before making the switch to football.
==University career== Reaves played from 2010 to 2014 for the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team.<ref>[http://gobobcats.ca/roster.aspx?rp_id=66 Jordan Reaves bio]</ref>
==Professional career==
===Winnipeg Blue Bombers=== Reaves was signed by his hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers on April 9, 2015, following workouts in Winnipeg and at the 2015 Edmonton Regional Combine.<ref>[http://www.bluebombers.com/2015/04/09/bombers-sign-winnipegger-jordan-reaves/ Bomber sign Winnipegger Jordan Reaves]</ref><ref>[http://gobobcats.ca/news/2015/4/9/MBB_0409154508.aspx Former Bobcat basketball star signs with Winnipeg Blue Bombers]</ref> He played in two pre-season games as a wide receiver and recorded one catch for six yards. Reaves was part of the team's final cuts on June 20, 2016.<ref>[http://mytoba.ca/sports/bombers-hopefuls-yantz-and-reaves-were-never-on-osheas-radar/ Bombers hopefuls Yantz and Reaves were never on O’Shea’s radar]</ref>
===Saskatchewan Roughriders=== After spending the 2015 CFL season unsigned by a CFL team, Reaves signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on January 29, 2016.<ref>[http://www.riderville.com/2016/01/29/riders-add-four-to-roster-2/ Riders add four to roster]</ref> While listed as a defensive back, Reaves practiced as a defensive lineman through training camp and upon making the team, he dressed in his first regular season game on June 30, 2016, as a backup defensive end.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/i-m-having-the-time-of-my-life-says-roughriders-rookie-jordan-reaves-1.3609899 'I'm having the time of my life,' says Roughriders rookie Jordan Reaves]</ref> He played in five games for the Roughriders in 2016 and recorded two special teams tackles. He was released during training camp the following year on June 18, 2017.<ref>[https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/ CFL Transactions]</ref> On May 20, 2018, he re-signed with Saskatchewan for 2018 training camp.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIDERS TRANSACTION- MAY 20TH|url=https://www.riderville.com/2018/05/20/riders-transaction-may-20th/|website=riderville.com|accessdate=May 21, 2018|date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> Reaves signed a one-year contract extension with the Roughriders on December 21, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Riders add five, including two Canadians |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/12/21/riders-add-five-including-two-canadians/ |website=CFL.ca |date=December 21, 2020 |accessdate=December 21, 2020}}</ref>
===Edmonton Elks=== Reaves joined the Edmonton Elks in free agency on February 15, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goelks.com/2022/02/15/transaction-reaves-signs-edmonton/ |title=Reaves signs in Edmonton |publisher=Edmonton Elks |date=February 15, 2022 |accessdate=February 16, 2022}}</ref> He played in eight regular season games in 2022 where he had two special teams tackles. The Elks announced Reaves was re-signed on July 3, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goelks.com/2023/07/03/transactions-elks-sign-boyko-and-reaves/|publisher=Edmonton Elks|title=TRANSACTIONS {{!}} Elks sign Boyko and Reaves|author=Swane, Brian|date=July 3, 2023}}</ref> In 2023, he played in 11 regular season games and recorded seven special teams tackles. He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 13, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/fa24/ |title=Official 2024 Free Agent Tracker |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=May 22, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Jordan is the youngest son of former Winnipeg Blue Bomber running back Willard Reaves, who played with the team for five years and was a member of the 72nd Grey Cup winning team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/2015/04/14/hard-turf-reaves-attempts-historic-football-comeback/ | title=Hard turf: Reaves attempts historic football comeback | publisher=cfl.ca | date=April 14, 2015 | accessdate=July 4, 2016 | author=Krever, Jeff}}</ref> Jordan is also the younger brother of Ryan Reaves, a professional hockey player and right wing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
In 2008, Reaves was convicted of possession for the purpose of trafficking and breaching the conditions of his bail. He received a conditional sentence, one year of supervised probation, and a 10-year weapons ban.<ref name="drug 2008">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Katie|title=Ex-CFLer's trial for drug trafficking delayed|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/ex-cflers-trial-for-drug-trafficking-delayed-458936453.html|accessdate=January 23, 2018|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> In 2016, Reaves was charged with one count of drug trafficking, he pleaded not guilty and was acquitted in 2018.<ref name="drug 2008" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/football/cfl/topstories/reaves-drug-trafficking-allegations-1.4029293|title=Roughriders 'disappointed' by Jordan Reaves drug trafficking charge|website=www.cbc.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref name="acquitted">{{cite web|last1=Foxall|first1=Diana|title=Former CFLer Jordan Reaves acquitted of drug trafficking charges|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3984366/former-cfler-jordan-reaves-acquitted-of-drug-trafficking-charges/|website=globalnews.ca|accessdate=January 28, 2018|date=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
Reaves is the great-great-great-grandson of Bass Reeves,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1977141|title = Reaves putting Kane feud aside, joining him for 'much bigger cause'| date=June 14, 2020 }}</ref> a former slave who was the first black lawman west of the Mississippi River and among the first black U.S. deputy marshalls; Reeves' life is the focus of the 2023 TV series ''Lawmen: Bass Reeves''.<ref name="espn">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Ryan S. |title=Ryan Reaves talks about TV show based on a his great-great-great-grandfather |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38825545/ryan-reaves-tv-show-based-great-great-great-grandfather |access-date=17 November 2023 |publisher=ESPN |date=16 November 2023}}</ref> Bass served as a deputy U.S. marshal in Fort Smith, Arkansas, under the direction of judge Isaac C. Parker, known as the "Hanging Judge".
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==External links== *[https://www.goelks.com/players/jordan-reaves/161318/ Edmonton Elks profile] *[http://gobobcats.ca/roster.aspx?rp_id=66 Brandon Bobcats profile]
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