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Favorite Athlete: MIke Reid

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Favorite Athlete: MIke Reid

Aug 1, 2013
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Favorite Athlete: MIke Reid

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As a teenager, Mike Reid turned down a car for a piano.


As a 27-year-old, he gave up football for his music.


He’s likely the only person who’s in both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, who played in the Pro Bowl and won a Grammy Award.


A defensive tackle, he graduated with a music degree from Penn State, where we…

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