Tribble Reese (Herbert Tribble Reese; born July 27, 1985, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American television personality, model, bartender, and ex-college athlete.[1]

Tribble Reese
Born
Herbert Tribble Reese

(1985-07-27) July 27, 1985 (age 39)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Occupation(s)Television personality, model, bartender, college football player

Biography

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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 Cosmopolitan magazine, where he was named South Carolina's Bachelor of the Year.[2]

Reese grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and began playing football in 1993. His professional career got its start at Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, where he was ranked in 2004 as the 15th dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com.[3] An ex-college NCAA Division I Big South Conference football quarterback. He was a backup quarterback at Clemson University before transferring and becoming the starting quarterback at Charleston Southern University, another NCAA Division I school based out of South Carolina.

As a back-up quarterback with the Clemson Tigers, Reese roomed with Demayne Board and accumulated two touchdowns and a 62.5 completion percentage in the 2006–2007 season.[4] 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.[5] Reese also had a stint of arena football in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Carolina Speed in 2009[6]

Tribble is currently involved in giving back specializing in helping local charities including Angel Ride[7] in Mobile, AL, The Exceptional Foundation.[8] in Birmingham, AL and others around the Atlanta area.

Reese stars as himself in the 2013 Bravo Reality Series "The New Atlanta".[9]

Reese played football again in 2014 for the Elmshorn Fighting Pirates – a second division team in Germany.[10] Reese completed 158 of 298 pass attempts through twelve games for 2,483 passing yards and 18 touchdowns.[11] He finished third in the division in passing yards per game (206,9 avg/Game).[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Tribble Reese". Tribblereese.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Tribble Reese - South Carolina's Sexiest Men - Pictures of Hot Guys from South Carolina - Cosmopolitan.com". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  3. ^ "Rivals". Collegefootball.rivals.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Football :: Clemson Tigers - Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  5. ^ "Tribble Reese". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "Carolina Speed Official Webpage". Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  7. ^ "Angel Ride". Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  8. ^ "Exceptional". Exceptionalfoundation.org. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "Tribble Reese | The New Atlanta". Bravotv.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  10. ^ "American Football in Elmshorn: Pirates spielen ab Mai in der 2. Bundesliga". Shz.de (in German). January 3, 2014. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "GFL2 – German Football League 2 – Leaders". Stats.gfl.info. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
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