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John Reaves was born on 2 March, 1950 in Anniston, Alabama, U.S., is an American football player (1950–2017). Discover John Reaves's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 2 March 1950
Birthday 2 March
Birthplace Anniston, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death 1 August, 2017
Died Place Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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John Reaves Height, Weight & Measurements

At 67 years old, John Reaves height is 6′ 3″ .

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Children Layla Kiffin, David Reaves

John Reaves Net Worth

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1950

Thomas Johnson "John" Reaves (March 2, 1950 – August 1, 2017) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and three seasons in the United States Football League (USFL) during the 1970s and 1980s.

Reaves played college football for the Florida Gators football, and earned first-team All-American honors.

Reaves was born in Anniston, Alabama, in 1950, and moved to Tampa, Florida, with his mother and grandmother after his father died when he was 9 years old.

He attended T.R. Robinson High School in Tampa, where he was a star high-school football quarterback for the Robinson Knights.

1967

As a senior in 1967, he led the Knights to the Florida Class 2A football semifinal game before losing to the Coral Gables Cavaliers, who won the state championship and were ranked as the national champions afterward.

Reaves was lauded as the State Player of the Year.

He also played basketball and baseball and ran track for the Knights, and once scored 52 points in a high-school basketball game.

1969

After graduating from high school, Reaves accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played quarterback for coach Ray Graves and coach Doug Dickey's Gators football teams from 1969 to 1971.

In his first season as the Gators' starting quarterback, Reaves was part of a group of second-year star players known as the "Super Sophs", which included Reaves, wide receiver Carlos Alvarez, and running back Tommy Durrance.

Reaves and the Super Sophs led the Gators to their all-time best season record of 9–1–1, and an upset 14–13 victory over the Tennessee Volunteers in the 1969 Gator Bowl.

Reaves and Alvarez subsequently broke every Florida passing and receiving record during their three-year college careers, and Reaves set the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) career passing record of 7,581 yards and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) career record of 56 touchdowns.

Reaves was a first-team All-SEC selection in 1969, a first-team All-American in 1971, and a team captain in 1971.

As a senior, he received the Sammy Baugh Trophy, recognizing the nation's best college passer, and the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character, and courage."

1971

His record as the NCAA's all-time career leader in passing yards was achieved after a controversial fourth-quarter play in the last game of the 1971 regular season against Miami.

Most members of the Gators' defense lay down on the field in the fourth quarter, allowing the Miami Hurricanes to score a touchdown to allow Florida's offense to get the ball back so Reaves could set the record.

The event is referred to as the "Gator Flop," and it is often recalled bitterly by Hurricanes alumni and fans.

1972

He was a first-round pick in the 1972 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Oilers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, and the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL.

Reaves was selected in the first round (fourteenth pick overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, and he played for the Eagles from 1972 to 1974.

1973

Reaves returned to Gainesville during the NFL offseason and completed a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1973.

1975

He was then traded to the Cincinnati Bengals in 1975, claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Vikings in 1979, and signed to the Houston Oilers in 1981.

1983

Reaves jumped to the expansion Tampa Bay Bandits of the start-up USFL in 1983; he was the Bandits' starting quarterback for three seasons under head coach Steve Spurrier in a pass-oriented offense.

He only played eight games of the 1983 season because of a wrist injury.

However, he still managed to complete 139 passes out of 259 attempts.

He threw for 1,276 yards, but tossed 16 interceptions compared to nine touchdown passes.

1984

He bounced back in 1984, going 313 out of 544 for 4,092 yards and tossing 28 touchdowns, compared to 16 interceptions.

This was the only USFL season in which he threw more touchdowns than interceptions.

In Reaves's two seasons as the Bandits' full-time starting quarterback, however, he threw for over 4,000 yards passing both years (1984 and 1985), and just over 10,000 total yards in his three-season USFL career (1983–85).

1985

He was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1985.

In the league's final season, 1985, he was 314 for 561, throwing 29 interceptions compared to 25 touchdown passes.

1986

Reaves was to play for the Orlando Renegades during the USFL's 1986 fall season, but the league dissolved before they could play a game.

1987

Reaves next appeared as a replacement player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 1987 strike.

Reaves's NFL career was that of a journeyman back-up—and his NFL career total of 3,417 yards showed it.

1990

Reaves was an assistant football coach for the Florida Gators under head coach Steve Spurrier from 1990 to 1994, working primarily with the Gators quarterbacks, including Shane Matthews.

1995

He left Gainesville to become an assistant coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks under head coach Brad Scott from 1995 to 1997.

2006

He was picked as number 30 among the 100 greatest Gators from the first century of the Florida football program by The Gainesville Sun in 2006.

2007

In 2007, 39 years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association recognized Reaves as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.

2008

Reaves was arrested on gun and drug-possession charges in 2008.

2009

Reaves entered an Atlanta-area substance-abuse rehabilitation program in May 2009.

2017

Reaves was found dead on August 1, 2017 at his Tampa home at the age of 67.

Reaves was the former father-in-law of current Ole Miss Rebels football head coach Lane Kiffin, who was married to Reaves's daughter Layla.