Editing Ed Reed (section)

==College career==
Reed received an [[athletic scholarship]] to attend the [[University of Miami]], where he was a standout [[defensive back]] for coach [[Butch Davis]] and coach [[Larry Coker]]'s [[Miami Hurricanes football]] teams from 1997 to 2001.<ref name=HurricaneBio/> Reed was a member of the Hurricane's [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001 National Championship]] team.<ref name="reedbio">{{Cite web |title=Baltimore Ravens " Players " Ed Reed |url=http://www.baltimoreravens.com/People/Players/Active/Ed_Reed.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305205549/http://www.baltimoreravens.com/People/Players/Active/Ed_Reed.aspx |archive-date=March 5, 2008 |access-date=November 30, 2008 |website=Baltimore Ravens Official website}}</ref>

After [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirting]] in the 1997 season, Reed led the team with two interceptions and four forced fumbles in the 1998 season. He had two more interceptions in the 1999 season.<ref name=HurricaneBio/> Reed was recognized as a consensus first-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in the 2000 season, and a unanimous first-team All-American in the 2001 season.<ref>''2011 NCAA Football Records Book'', [http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Awards.pdf Award Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120516105427/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Awards.pdf |date=May 16, 2012 }}, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. 11 (2011).  Retrieved June 24, 2012.</ref>  In 2001, he led the nation with nine interceptions for 209 yards, which was a school record, and three touchdowns.  He helped seal a memorable win over [[2001 Boston College Eagles football team|Boston College]] in 2001 when he grabbed the ball out of teammate Matt Walters's hands, who had just intercepted it, and raced 80 yards for a touchdown.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Platania |first=Joe |date=September 27, 2007 |title=Ed Reed: The Ravens' Bird of Prey |url=http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=2592 |access-date=November 28, 2008 |website=Pressboxonline.com |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202103148/http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=2592 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Reed was honored as the Big East Defensive Player of the Year in 2001, and was named National Defensive Player of the Year by ''Football News''.  He was a finalist for the [[Jim Thorpe Award]] and was a semifinalists for the [[Bronko Nagurski Trophy]].<ref name=HurricaneBio/>

Reed set several records during his time at the University of Miami. He holds the record for career interceptions with 21, career interception return yards with 389, and interceptions returned for touchdowns with five.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Steve |date=August 22, 2006 |title=Miami All-2000s Team: Defense |url=http://miami.scout.com/2/559892.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202075914/http://miami.scout.com/2/559892.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=November 28, 2008 |website=Miami.scout.com}}</ref> He also blocked four punts during his four-year career.<ref name=HurricaneBio/> In addition, he was a member of the track and field team during his years at Miami and was a Big East champion in the javelin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2007 |title=South Florida Sports Paradise: Happy Birthday Ed Reed |url=http://miamisouthpaw.blogspot.com/2007/09/happy-birthday-ed-reed.html |access-date=November 28, 2008 |website=Miamisouthpaw.blogspot.com |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708053220/http://miamisouthpaw.blogspot.com/2007/09/happy-birthday-ed-reed.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Reed and [[Indianapolis Colts]] [[wide receiver]] [[Reggie Wayne]] were roommates during their time at the [[University of Miami]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NFL football news, rumors, analysis |url=http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives2001/draft_2001/combine_qanda_reed.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121141511/http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives2001/draft_2001/combine_qanda_reed.asp |archive-date=November 21, 2008 |website=Pro Football Weekly}}</ref>  He graduated in 2001 with a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[liberal arts]].<ref name=reedbio/>  Reed was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2012 at a banquet held in Miami on March 29, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UM Sports Hall of Fame Announces its Class of 2012 Inductees  |url=http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/genrel/092211aac.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228230921/http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/genrel/092211aac.html |archive-date=December 28, 2011 |access-date=January 22, 2012 |website=HurricaneSports.cstv.com}}</ref>

Reed was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on January 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 College Football Hall of Fame Profile: Ed Reed |url=https://footballfoundation.org/news/2018/10/4/2018-college-football-hall-of-fame-profile-ed-reed.aspx |access-date=February 27, 2019 |website=National Football Foundation |date=October 5, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228004233/https://footballfoundation.org/news/2018/10/4/2018-college-football-hall-of-fame-profile-ed-reed.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

===College statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Miami Hurricanes}}"| Ed Reed
! colspan="5"| Defense
|-
! Season !! Team !! GP !! Cmb !! TfL !! PD !! Int !! FF
|-
! [[1997 NCAA Division I-A football season|1997]] !! [[1997 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| 0 || colspan="5"| ''Redshirted''
|-
! [[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season|1998]] !! [[1998 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| 11 || 90 || 2.0 || 7 || 2 || 4
|-
! [[1999 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]] !! [[1999 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| 12 || 74 || 4.0 || 4 || 2 || 0
|-
! [[2000 NCAA Division I-A football season|2000]] !! [[2000 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| 11 || 80 || 0.0 || 23 || 8 || 0
|-
! [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001]] !! [[2001 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| 11 || 44 || 1.0 || 18 || 9 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| Totals !! 45 !! 288 !! 7.0 !! 52 !! 21 !! 4
|}