Arvell Reese

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-4
Weight:
243
Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio
Last School:
Glenville
Year:
Junior

Follow on Social Media
Instagram: @arvxll
Twitter: @arvxll

Ohio State Overview
• Arvell is a superbly talented linebacker who exploded onto the national scene as a true junior in 2025
• He capped a three-year career with Ohio State in 2025 by being named a consensus All-American with first-team honors by the Associated Press, Football Coaches Association of America and Walter Camp
• Also named the Big Ten Conference's Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year and a first-team all-Big Ten selection
• Totalled 69 tackles during an exceptional 2025 season with 10.0 tackles for losses totalling 45 yards, 6.5 quarterback sacks, five quarterback hurries and two pass break-ups
• Recorded a career-best 12 tackles vs. Penn State and had nine vs. both Texas and Illinois
• Closed his three-year career with 112 tackles, 13.5 TFLs for losses totalling 57 yards. 7.0 QB sacks and seven QB hurries
• Played in 38 games and started 14 times
• Had a fine sophomore campaign in 2024 when he played in all 16 games for the CFP national champions and totaled 322 snaps on defense and 512 snaps overall
• Recorded 43 total tackles in 2024, including 3.5 tackles-for-loss plus had two quarterback hurries
• He played in eight games in 2023 as a freshman with all 58 of his plays coming on special teams
• He is a two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree who is majoring in human development and family science

Honors & Awards
2025: Consensus All-American (Associated Press, AFCA and Walter Camp), Big Ten Conference Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year, Academic all-Big Ten
2024: OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten
2023: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Arvell
• Arvell was a part of the 2023 Ohio State recruiting class
• He enrolled in classes at Ohio State in June of 2023
• Was the fifth-ranked player in Ohio by the 247Sports composite and No. 19 linebacker nationally as a senior in 2022
• Named the Division IV Defensive Player of the Year by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association
• Led Cleveland Glenville to its first state title in 2022; the first title by a school in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District
• Had an interception in the state championship game vs. Wyoming
• Selected to play in the Army All-American Bowl
• Named a finalist for the 2022 High School Butkus Award, given to the nation’s top high school linebacker
• First-team All-Ohio by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association
• Was the catalyst of a defense that did not give up a point in six league games
• Parents are Maeko Walker and Alex Reese