Tip Reiman

NoteCARDS:

• Last name pronounced "RY-minn."
• Selected by the Cardinals in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Illinois. Arizona drafted Reiman 11 spots after the team selected his fellow Illini captain Isaiah Adams. The duo became the first players drafted consecutively from the same school in the same round by the Cardinals since 1960.
• In four years, went from a walk-on to the Mackey Award Watch list as the nation's best TE in his final season with the Illini.

NoteCARDS:

• Last name pronounced "RY-minn."
• Selected by the Cardinals in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Illinois. Arizona drafted Reiman 11 spots after the team selected his fellow Illini captain Isaiah Adams. The duo became the first players drafted consecutively from the same school in the same round by the Cardinals since 1960.
• In four years, went from a walk-on to the Mackey Award Watch list as the nation's best TE in his final season with the Illini.

College Career:

A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Reiman spent four years (2020-23) at Illinois and appeared in 45 games (28 starts), finishing with 41 receptions for 420 yards and five TDs.

2023: Had his most productive season as a junior in 2023, starting all 12 games and finishing with 19 catches for a career-high 203 yards and three TDs … named a team captain, earned a spot on the Mackey Award watch list and was a Burlsworth Trophy nominee (most outstanding player to begin career as a walk-on) … had a career-long reception of 42 yards in a win over FAU (9/23) … had TD catches at Kansas (9/8), vs. Wisconsin (10/21) and at Minnesota (11/4) … earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third consecutive season.

2022: Started all 13 games and led Illinois TEs in receptions (19) and receiving yards (174) while adding one TD catch … had at least one reception in 10 games … helped current Bengals RB Chase Brown run for 1,643 yards, 10 TDs and 100+ yards in 10-of-12 games played … helped block for a season-high 258 rushing yards in a season-opening win over Wyoming (8/27) … earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second straight season.

2021: Played in 12 games, including his first three career starts, and finished the season with three receptions for 43 yards … awarded a scholarship by head coach Bret Bielema in September … earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

2020: Played in all eight games, primarily on special teams, in a season shortened by COVID-19.

Personal:

Graduated from O'Gorman (Sioux Falls, SD) High School after transferring from St. Thomas More (Rapid City, SD) in his junior year … played outside linebacker during his first three years of high school before switching to TE for his senior year, which ended in him helping lead O'Gorman to a state championship … completed a mission trip to Africa in the summer of 2023 … in his free time, enjoys using the pottery wheel, shaping coffee mugs, bowls and other dinnerware … earned a degree in Kinesiology from Illinois.