Louisville football: Four incoming freshmen who could play vital role in 2020
By Jacob Lane
Trevor Reid – OT
Louisville will have ample amounts of playing time to offer incoming offensive tackles.
I think we can all agree that it’s very likely that Mekhi Becton will be playing Sunday’s next season in the NFL, which means that finding someone from the 2020 class who can step in and be a plug-n-play starter is crucial. Did I mention that Louisville will have a need for an offensive lineman right away? I did. That’s because not only are the Cardinals expecting to lose Becton to the NFL, but also his counter-part, redshirt senior Tyler Haycraft, leaving two opening spots on the line up for grabs.
Luckily for Louisville, they have at least one lineman ready to play immediately in junior college transfer Trevor Reid.
Reid committed to Louisville back in June of 2019, along with his Georgia Military College teammate Marvin Dallas during a visit to campus for one of the numerous recruiting events held early on in the tenure of the new coaching staff. At the time of the commitment, Reid was a fairly low ranked recruit across most recruiting services websites, mostly due to bigger analysts not having reviewed his tape and graded him as a prospect. But once they put the tape on they liked what they saw enough to shoot him all the way up the board.
As Louisville’s top offensive line commitment, Reid ranks as the top OT and the 10th best player overall across all of the junior ranks. Reid recently completed his official visit to Louisville a few weeks, making it known he planned on signing in December.
That’s a great thing for Louisville and their potential to keep progressing offensively in year two of Scott Satterfield. Reid has all the tools physically that the staff is looking for and with his experience of playing JUCO football and the incredible coaching ability of Dwayne Ledford, he should be able to compete for a starting spot on either side of the line.