 He was a first-round pick in the 1972 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Oilers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, and the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL.Reaves was born in Anniston, Alabama in 1950, and moved to Tampa, Florida with his mother and grandmother after his father died when he was 9 years old.He attended T.R.