Texas DE Cedric Reed played season with torn meniscus

Texas defensive end Cedric Reed saw a bit of a statistical drop off from his junior season to this year, his senior season.

Now, we have a piece of information that can explain it.

Yahoo’s Rand Getlin reported that Reed played the 2014 season – Texas’ first season with Charlie Strong as head coach – with a torn meniscus and will have surgery to fix the injury heading into Texas’ pro day and the NFL combine.

The 6-foot-5, 272-pound Reed was a second-team All-Big 12 performer in 2013 after registering 79 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 10 sacks and five forced fumbles. This year, while playing all 13 games for the 6-7 Longhorns, Reed had 73 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and one forced fumble, again earning second team all-league honors.

With the knowledge of his injury, his decline in production from junior to senior year may not scare off NFL scouts like it maybe could have.

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