Providing my byline by your deadline
Davidson shakes off bad shooting...
HU notes: Pope enjoys a block...
Strong effort by Real not enough...
Stony Brook women stun defending...
Three Brooke Point graduates...
Real Salt Lake: Turnabout is...
Kemp living the dream as Baysox...
College starters are opting for...
Prince George’s County’s...
JMU national title drive added...
Colonial Forge graduate on the...
Where are they now? Chanelle...
Stafford High graduate plays big...
Darnell brothers a double-threat
Local grads part of history at...
Colonial Forge graduate linked...
ODU football has strong Stafford...
Slebonick, Cavs face Virginia...
Local athlete, volleyball team...
Below aims for spot in Detroit...
Utah's Lyon relishes role as MLB...
Lowrie, Casto focus on goals at...
Park Ridge native Bourjos called...
Guthrie off to Europe after...
MLB: Cedar City native Mitch...
Orioles' Guthrie will have new...
Orioles' pitcher makes Ellicott...
Utahn John Buck making mark in...
Medford grad flying high with...
AHS grad Guthrie looks sharp in...
Guthrie enjoying breakout season
A-Rod's 1st pitch: Homer off...
Ashland native, Orioles' pitcher...
Mineola's Moore Settles In As...
Guthrie comes down with virus,...
Extra rest doesn't help Guthrie
Ex-UD ace has talent to stick...
Strasburg lives up to the hype
Gar-Field's Jeff Baker ready to...
Menhart named Nationals new...
Baseball: Iowan helped guide...
Taylor Hill aims to get back to...
Hazelbaker comes through in a...
MLB: Norwalk's Joel Hanrahan...
Slippery Rock product is a hit...
Bend's Brad Purdom is regarded...
Ex-West Salem star credits his...
Trevor May bounces back big in...
A long way to the Major Leagues
August continues to work toward...
Hudson has no regrets at first...
Former Mount Mercy baseball star...
BYU baseball: Ex-Coug Walton on...
Good start, then a lackluster...
North Marion's Casto back in...
Former South Salem star back up...
Terps Wear Down Mocs, Roll to...
Farrell & Putney Transition To...
Herndon grad embraces role with...
UAlbany snaps its losing streak
Wright has the right perspective
Alex Jensen now learning the...
Shuler, Maynor combine to lead...
Patriots suffer stunning defeat
A long, happy journey for Kenlaw
College baskketball 2015-16 blog
Thomas leads Mason past Towson
Down by 20, Drexel rallies at...
Barton's basketball career comes...
National team hasn't changed...
Lidonde hopes for final flourish...
Hayes "comfortable" playing...
Croskey and Robinson making...
May 13, 2010
By David Driver
For the Deseret News
Used with permission
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — David Reed was born in Iowa, went to high school in Connecticut, and played at Pasadena City College in California before starring at the University of Utah.
Now he is back on the East Coast after he was picked in the fifth round by the Baltimore Ravens last month in the NFL draft.
His mother still lives in New Britain, Conn., which will make it easy for her to attend games. But first Reed, who had 81 catches for 1,188 yards as an all-Mountain West Conference player in 2009, has to make the team.
"I have to learn this offense pretty fast so I can get on the field," said Reed, sitting at his locker last week following the first workout of mini-camp.
Reed worked out on the scout team as the Ravens went through workouts in shorts with no tackling allowed. Joe Flacco, the team's starting quarterback the past two seasons, took many of the snaps.
"It was amazing," Reed said of watching Flacco, who won two playoff games as a rookie with the Ravens.
Reed arrived in Maryland last Thursday and was able to catch up with former Utes teammate Paul Kruger, a linebacker/defensive end who was drafted by the Ravens in 2009 in the second round.
"He knows what I can do. He said to compete and show what I can do," Reed said.
Reed and Dennis Pitta (BYU), a fourth-round pick by the Ravens in April, were teammates in the East-West Shrine game in January and played against each other in college.
"He is an explosive player," said Pitta, whose locker is right beside Reed's at the Ravens' facility on 1 Winning Drive in Baltimore County.