Mark Reza

Height:
6-null
Weight:
187
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, CA
High School:
Edison HS
Prev School:
Orange Coast College

Community College -- Reza earned 34 total tackles (27 solo) and intercepted five passes, returning one for a touchdown, as a freshman under head coach Kevin Emerson at Orange Coast College in 2016 ... Pirates were 3-7 ... Reza was a redshirt in 2015 ... has three years of athletic eligibility remaining and, last fall, earned second-team all-league honors and was named team defensive backs MVP ... his five interceptions were second most in the league and Reza also set a school record for most kicks blocked in a season with five.

High School -- A 2015 graduate of Edison High School in Huntington Beach, where as a senior under Dave White, Reza made 43 tackles (31 solo), intercepted one pass and deflected seven others ... Edison was 7-4 overall in 2014, finished second in the Sunset League and earned a spot in the CIF-Southern Section West Valley Division playoffs ... earned first-team All-Sunset League honors as a cornerback and was his team's defensive back of the year ... his older brother Matt was a defensive back at Cal Poly in 2012 and 2013 ... Sharky chose to continue his education at Cal Poly because "I wanted to play quality, competitive football at the next level and my brother played there, which influenced me as well."

Personal -- Son of Joe and Mary Reza ... both parents are longtime physical education teachers ... one brother, Matt Reza, a former defensive back at Cal Poly, and one sister, Megan, who played volleyball at UC Riverside ... enjoys church and adventuring ... wants to work in marine biology ... born February 12, 1997, in Newbort Beach, Calif. ... majoring in communication studies.