Garrett Reese holds the FS · Backup spot in Indiana Hoosiers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Garrett Reese is a 6'2", 205-pound safety from Chicago, IL, where he attended Nazareth Academy under head coach Tim Racki. A consensus three-star recruit tabbed the No. 84 defensive back nationally by national outlets, Reese appeared in 10 games during his 2025 freshman season. He made his collegiate debut on special teams versus Old Dominion on 8/30, then logged his first defensive tackle in the fourth quarter at Purdue on 11/28. Reese recorded his first-career takeaway with a fourth-quarter fumble recovery at Maryland on 11/1. He finished 2025 with one total tackle and one fumble recovery.

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