Reginald Dewayne Grimes (born November 7, 1976) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

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man. He briefly played for the

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...

in 2000. Grimes played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

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. His son, also named Reggie, is the highest ranked recruit from Tennessee and also the 4th highest ranked recruit at

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

in the nation from the Class of 2020.

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Alabama Crimson Tide bio
1976 births Living people American football defensive linemen Alabama Crimson Tide football players New England Patriots players Berlin Thunder players Players of American football from Nashville, Tennessee {{Defensive-lineman-1970s-stub