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2023 Football Roster

Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)

42 Reggie Peterson

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 225
  • Position Linebacker
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Fort Pierce, Fla.
  • High School Centennial HS

Biography

2024 All-CUSA Preseason First Team (Athlon)
2024 All-CUSA Preseason First Team (Phil Steele)
 
2023: Started all 12 games at linebacker in breakout season which saw him tabbed 104 tackles – the 10th best single season total in program history…registered a total of five games with double-digit tackles – including the final three of the season…rang up 7.5 tackles for loss (-28) – including three and a half sacks…intercepted one pass which he returned 61 yards…opened the season with 11 stops and a pair of TFLs at Louisiana Tech (8/26)…tabbed nine tackles in with over North Texas (9/9)…recorded 10 stops (nine solo) and returned an interception 61 yards in overtime win at Sam Houston (10/18)…posted a season-best 13 tackles in consecutive weeks at Middle Tennessee (11/11) and Arkansas (11/18)…closed out season with 12-tackle effort vs. Western Kentucky (11/25).

2022: Saw action in all 12 games at linebacker…finished with 29 tackles…added 0.5 TFLs…notched one interception which he returned 75 yards…tabbed tackles in eight of 12 games…made six tackles and had an interception which he returned for 75 yards at North Texas (11/5)…posted a season-best 11 tackles vs. Florida Atlantic (11/12)…registered five stops at UTEP (11/19).

2021: Saw action in all 12 games as a reserve… recorded five tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss… recorded four stops at Florida Atlantic (10/2).

2020: Did not see any action in first year at FIU.

PREP CAREER: Rated a three-star prospect by 24/7 sports… Ranked as high as the 140th best outside linebacker in the nation by 24/7 sports… Racked up over 106 tackles, 16 TFLs, three sacks and an INT as a senior with St. Lucie West Centennial HS…  Earned eight sacks and 12 TFLs as junior at Fort Pierce Westwood HS... Ranked as high as No. 36 on ESPN Top 63... Received offers from numerous FCS schools.

PERSONAL: Native of Fort Pierce, Florida.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 46

    2020Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    46
  • 42

    2021Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2022Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2023Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    42