2022 PFN Player Profile: Braden Reed – Pope John Paul II

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Billy Splain | July 29, 2022

Braden Reed
Pope John Paul ii 
Class Of 2025
WR/CB
Jersey #3
HT/WT 5’9/160
Played in 4 games until broken ankle Led the frontier in receiving yards until injury 184 total receiving yards 30.7 yards per catch 46 receiving yards per game 2 TDs
Other sports Basketball
Twitter @bradenreed13

Why do you play football?
I play football because it’s fun. It’s what I love doing, there is never a moment where I am not thinking about football. It’s an escape from reality where nothing else in the world matters. The only thing that matters at football is the goals you have with your teammates. Everyone puts their differences and opinions aside and work for a common goal.

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
DeVonta Smith is my sports star because he is a ton of fun to watch on TV and his route running is incredible.

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
My favorite play was my first varsity touchdown as a freshman. I ran a post from the slot and remember all my teammates being super excited for me. When I got to the sideline my head coach said to me, “The first of many.”

What are your goals for this coming season?
A goal for our team this year is to make districts

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Philadelphia Eagles

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
My favorite game ever was Alabama vs. Georgia in the national championship when Tua came in and threw the game winning touchdown to DeVonta Smith

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
I would watch Little Giants because it is the best underdog story

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
He Man

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
They don’t typically yell from the stands

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
Dunk contest with my teammates through the field goal

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My mentor is my coach, Dakota Clanagan. He has helped me become get so much better at football. He teaches me all the little intricacies of football. He always has my best interest. He was my favorite player when he was in high school and I was in like first grade. My dad was Dakota’s coach in high school and I would go to camp in August and I would always talk to Dakota

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Ping-Pong

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
In 7th grade I was playing corner for the first time and It was 4th and about 15 and the other team ran a toss pass and I bit on the toss and the other team scored and my whole family was on the sideline closest to the play. I got yelled at by my head coach in front of my whole family.

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My biggest fan besides my parents is my Uncle Tom he goes to all of my games and is at as much football stuff that he can go to.

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Playing games with my three younger sisters whether it’s Mario Party or Wiffle ball I am usually doing something with them

What is your favorite football memory to date?
My favorite football memory was winning the championship in 6th grade. It was the last time I got to play with my friends from elementary school.

What is your favorite play to run?
My favorite play is a flood

What scares you the most?
Getting to the end of life and having regrets.

Music of choice:
Pop

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
I got an electric scooter when I was 8 and it went like 8mph but I thought it was the coolest thing ever

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Uno pizzeria and grill

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Wawa

What is your favorite vacation destination?
The beach

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
Perkiomen Valley vs. Methacton and I was on the field when PV won and got to take a picture with the team

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