Tribble Reese (Herbert Tribble Reese; born July 27, 1985, in

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) is an American television personality, model, bartender, and ex-college athlete.

Biography

Tribble Reese is best known for starring in season 2 of ''Sweet Home Alabama'', an eight episode CMT television series, produced by Glassman Media ("Three Wishes"). Reese was also ranked among the top 50 Hot Bachelors of 2008 by ''

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'' magazine, where he was named South Carolina's Bachelor of the Year. Reese grew up in

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and began playing

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in 1993. His professional career got its start at

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in Birmingham, where he was ranked in 2004 as the 15th dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com. An ex-college

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. He was a backup quarterback at Clemson University before transferring and becoming the starting quarterback at

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, another NCAA Division I school based out of

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. As a back-up quarterback with the Clemson Tigers, Reese roomed with Demayne Board and accumulated two

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and a 62.5 completion percentage in the 2006–2007 season. His transfer to CSU as a fifth-year MBA student placed Reese in the position of the school's first-string quarterback, a move that has expanded his existing game stats to include 21 touchdowns, 1,961 yards passing, and a 133.5 quarterback efficiency rating. Reese also had a stint of arena football in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Carolina Speed in 2009 Tribble is currently involved in giving back specializing in helping local charities including Angel Ride in

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, The Exceptional Foundation. in Birmingham, AL and others around the Atlanta area. Reese stars as himself in the 2013

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Reality Series "The New Atlanta". Reese played football again in 2014 for the Elmshorn Fighting Pirates – a second division team in Germany. Reese completed 158 of 298 pass attempts through twelve games for 2,483 passing yards and 18 touchdowns. He finished third in the division in passing yards per game (206,9 avg/Game).

References

External links

Tribble Reese's website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reese, Tribble 1985 births Living people Players of American football from Atlanta Players of American football from Birmingham, Alabama Clemson Tigers football players Charleston Southern Buccaneers football players American television personalities Male models from Georgia (U.S. state) American bartenders American football quarterbacks