Michael Reeder is a former

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who played

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for the

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team of

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and was recognized as a consensus All-American.

College career

In his sophomore season, Reeder won the 1995

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as the top kicker in college football and was also named a consensus member of the 1995 College Football All-America Team. He has a wife named Heidi Reeder. He has three kids named David, Mila, and Jody. Upon completion of his college career, Reeder held TCU records for points by a kicker (259), field goal attempts in a season (25), field goal attempts in a career (76), field goals made in a season (23), field goals made in a career (57), consecutive PATs made (79), and longest field goal (57 yards).grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tcu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2011-football-fact-book.pdf

References

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