Ranked as the #15 best dual-threat QB in the nation according to rivals.com…a three-star player by that same service…passed for 2,390 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2003…had just four interceptions and completed 69 percent of his passes… also rushed for 690 yards and four scores…set school record for passing yards in season in 2003…two-time Player of the Week in his area…all-state and all-metro in 2003…played for Joey Jones at Mountain Brook High School… along with others in this class, first Clemson signee from Alabama since 1989 (Steve Derriso)…chose Clemson over LSU, Mississippi, Notre Dame, Michigan State and NC State….born Herbert Tribble Reese on July 27, 1985.

Quoting Reese: "Ole Miss is kind of like Clemson in that it does have that small town thing, but they don’t have a hill to run down and everything. Clemson is just incredible - bottom line....I love Clemson and everything about it."