The University of Akron Athletics
2026 Spring Football Roster
Jersey Number 7
Reese Poffenbarger
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Hometown:
- Middletown, Md.
- High School:
- Middletown HS | Old Dominion | Albany | Miami | North Texas
2025 (North Texas): Appeared in two games … went 5-of-7 passing for 36 yards and added 20 yards on the ground … completed all five attempts in the win over Washington State…
2024 (Miami): Saw action in four games in lone season with Hurricanes… Threw for 20 yards on 6-for-7 passing in win over Florida A&M (Sept. 7)…Added five rushes for 12 yards in win over Rattlers...
2023 (Albany):All-CAA Second Team Offense… Walter Payton Award Finalist (12th)… Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team… FCS Football Central Third Team All-American… Phil Steele All-CAA Second Team… Started all 15 games … Threw for 3,603 yards and 36 touchdowns… 3,603 passing yards led all the FCS and claimed the UAlbany single-season passing yards record… Led the FCS with 246 points responsible for… Had five games with at least four touchdown passes… Rushed for 187 yards and five touchdowns… Accumulated a season-high 373 passing yards at New Hampshire (10.14)… Had a season-high 72% completion rate at Towson (10.07)...
2022 (Albany): CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year… All-CAA Third Team… 6x CAA Rookie of the Week… ECAC Division I FCS Rookie of the Year… 2022 Jerry Rice Award Runner-up… HERO Sports Freshman All-American… Phil Steele/Draft Scout 2022 Freshman All-American Second Team Offense… Started all 11 games… Completed nearly 62% of passes… Threw for 2,999 yards… Threw 24 touchdowns and only four interceptions… Season-high of 33 completions came against Villanova (10.22)… Amassed a season-high of 412 passing yards against Fordham (9.17)… Threw for a season-high of four TDs against Stony Brook (10.29)… Broke single game passing record with 412 passing yards against Fordham (9.17)…
2021 (Old Dominion): Redshirted, did not play…
High School: Helped Middletown win the state championship as a senior… Named Maryland Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-state quarterback… Selected to play in the prestigious Big 33 Maryland vs. Pennsylvania All-Star game… In his career, passed for 6,500 yards, 67 touchdowns and completed 68 percent of his passes
Personal: Son of Bill and Amy Poffenbarger… Brothers Brittin and Higgins, and sister, Saylor… Mother, Amy, played basketball at Missouri… Sister, Saylor plays for Team USA women's basketball…
2024 (Miami): Saw action in four games in lone season with Hurricanes… Threw for 20 yards on 6-for-7 passing in win over Florida A&M (Sept. 7)…Added five rushes for 12 yards in win over Rattlers...
2023 (Albany):All-CAA Second Team Offense… Walter Payton Award Finalist (12th)… Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team… FCS Football Central Third Team All-American… Phil Steele All-CAA Second Team… Started all 15 games … Threw for 3,603 yards and 36 touchdowns… 3,603 passing yards led all the FCS and claimed the UAlbany single-season passing yards record… Led the FCS with 246 points responsible for… Had five games with at least four touchdown passes… Rushed for 187 yards and five touchdowns… Accumulated a season-high 373 passing yards at New Hampshire (10.14)… Had a season-high 72% completion rate at Towson (10.07)...
2022 (Albany): CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year… All-CAA Third Team… 6x CAA Rookie of the Week… ECAC Division I FCS Rookie of the Year… 2022 Jerry Rice Award Runner-up… HERO Sports Freshman All-American… Phil Steele/Draft Scout 2022 Freshman All-American Second Team Offense… Started all 11 games… Completed nearly 62% of passes… Threw for 2,999 yards… Threw 24 touchdowns and only four interceptions… Season-high of 33 completions came against Villanova (10.22)… Amassed a season-high of 412 passing yards against Fordham (9.17)… Threw for a season-high of four TDs against Stony Brook (10.29)… Broke single game passing record with 412 passing yards against Fordham (9.17)…
2021 (Old Dominion): Redshirted, did not play…
High School: Helped Middletown win the state championship as a senior… Named Maryland Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-state quarterback… Selected to play in the prestigious Big 33 Maryland vs. Pennsylvania All-Star game… In his career, passed for 6,500 yards, 67 touchdowns and completed 68 percent of his passes
Personal: Son of Bill and Amy Poffenbarger… Brothers Brittin and Higgins, and sister, Saylor… Mother, Amy, played basketball at Missouri… Sister, Saylor plays for Team USA women's basketball…
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