Early Life
Reeves was born in Rome, Georgia, and grew up in Americus, Georgia.
He attended Americus High School, where he played football, baseball and also made the all-state basketball team his senior year.
After he missed four games with a broken collarbone during his senior season, only the University of South Carolina was interested enough to offer him a football scholarship. The interest from other schools came later, when he won the MVP trophy at the Georgia High School football all-star game, but he decided to stay with his first choice.
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