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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | January 29, 1964 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Dieruff (Allentown, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||
| College: | Kutztown (1982–1984) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1985 / round: 4 / pick: 86 | ||||||||
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Andre Darnell Reed (born January 29, 1964) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football for the Kutztown Golden Bears and was selected by the Bills in the fourth round of the 1985 NFL draft with the 86th overall selection. Following 15 seasons with the Bills, where he earned Pro Bowl honors seven times, Reed spent his final season as a member of the Washington Redskins in 2000.
Reed currently ranks 18th in all-time NFL touchdown receptions with 87 and tenth in all-time NFL post-season receptions with 85. Reed helped lead the Bills to four consecutive, although winless, Super Bowls, Super Bowl XXV to Super Bowl XXVIII.
At the time of his 2001 retirement, Reed was second in all-time NFL career receptions.[1] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.