Reeder was born on September 13, 1994, in Wilmington, Delaware, and grew up in the nearby town of Hockessin. Football and athletics run in the family: his father, Dan Reeder, played running back at the University of Delaware and briefly for the Pittsburgh Steelers, while his mother, Cheryl, played basketball at Elizabethtown College and won a Division III national championship in 1982. His younger brother, Colby Reeder, is also a linebacker, having played at Delaware before transferring to Iowa State.

Reeder attended Salesianum School in Wilmington, where he was a two-sport standout. As a linebacker he was named first-team All-State and Delaware’s Defensive Player of the Year, recording 96 tackles and 3.5 sacks, and he also earned All-State honors as a running back with 1,154 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns while helping Salesianum win a DIAA state championship. He was additionally a three-time first-team All-State selection and state champion in lacrosse.

Reeder began his college career at Penn State (2014-2015), redshirting as a freshman before starting at middle linebacker as a sophomore, when he recorded 67 tackles and an interception. He then transferred to the University of Delaware (2016-2018) to play for the Blue Hens, the program his father had starred for a generation earlier.

At Delaware, Reeder developed into one of the CAA’s top defenders. As a junior he earned second-team All-CAA honors with 63 tackles and two interceptions, and as a senior he led the entire Colonial Athletic Association with 131 tackles and 13.5 tackles for loss, earning first-team All-CAA recognition. That senior-year production made him a priority undrafted free agent target, and he signed with the Los Angeles Rams on April 27, 2019, days after the NFL Draft concluded without his name being called.

Los Angeles Rams (2019-2021). Reeder made his NFL debut against the Carolina Panthers on September 8, 2019, and gradually carved out a role as a core special-teams contributor. In 2020 he recorded 11 tackles and the first three sacks of his career in a game against Washington. During the Rams’ 2021 Super Bowl-winning season he started a career-high 10 of 17 games, and he recorded two tackles in the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI win over the Cincinnati Bengals, earning his first championship ring.

Los Angeles Chargers (2022). Reeder left the Rams in free agency and signed with the Chargers on April 12, 2022, spending a single season with the AFC West franchise.

Minnesota Vikings (2023). Reeder signed with Minnesota on March 22, 2023, but was waived at final roster cuts on August 29, 2023, without appearing in a regular-season game for the Vikings.

Los Angeles Rams (2023-2025). Two days after his release from Minnesota, Reeder returned to the Rams’ practice squad on August 31, 2023, and was promoted to the active roster on September 9. He played all 17 regular-season games that year. During the 2024 season he suffered a hamstring injury and spent time on injured reserve, limiting his availability. He re-signed with the Rams on April 10, 2025, on a one-year deal, and went on to play all 17 regular-season games plus three playoff games that season.

Detroit Lions (2026-present). Reeder signed a one-year free-agent contract with the Detroit Lions on July 27, 2026, entering his eighth NFL season. Beat reporters covering the team describe him as competing for a backup inside linebacker role behind All-Pro Jack Campbell while also contributing to special teams — as of this update (August 2026), the Lions are his current and most recent team. Across his career, Reeder has recorded 335 tackles, 5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 12 pass deflections, and 2 interceptions in 106 regular-season games.

Reeder’s year-to-year pay reflects his path as an undrafted free agent who re-earned his roster spot annually rather than a player who landed one large second contract. Per cash-earnings data compiled by Over The Cap and Spotrac:

Over The Cap’s running total puts Reeder’s cash earnings at roughly $7.44 million through the end of the 2025 season, an average of about $895,000 per year across seven seasons at that point. Adding his reported 2026 Lions salary brings his gross career earnings to date to approximately $8.7 million. Other aggregators show slightly different totals (one widely syndicated figure puts career earnings closer to $6.3 million), which reflects differences in how practice-squad time, injured-reserve seasons, and roster bonuses are counted rather than a factual dispute — Spotrac and Over The Cap’s contract-by-contract figures are treated as the more reliable baseline here.

• 2019 Los Angeles Rams — UDFA deal. A rookie undrafted free-agent contract with modest signing-bonus guarantees (around $12,000 total), paying minimum-scale salaries that rose from roughly $495,000 to $850,000 across 2019-2021.
• 2022 Los Angeles Chargers — one year, $1,075,000. Included a $25,000 signing bonus, fully guaranteed at signing.
• 2023 Minnesota Vikings — one year. Carried a $100,000 guarantee but Reeder was waived in final cuts, so most of the deal’s value was never paid out.
• 2023 Los Angeles Rams — practice squad plus active-roster deal. A practice-squad contract (base around $289,800) converted to an active-roster deal worth roughly $1,080,000 in cash after his September promotion.
• 2024 Los Angeles Rams — one year, $1,125,000 base. A $75,000 guarantee was included, but a hamstring injury and IR stint reduced his actual cash-in-hand to about $785,833.
• 2025 Los Angeles Rams — one year, $1,170,000. Signed April 10, 2025; Reeder played all 17 regular-season games plus three playoff games, earning the full value of the deal.
• 2026 Detroit Lions — one year. Signed July 27, 2026. Reported total value differs by outlet — Pro Football Rumors and Yahoo Sports cite $1.17 million, while Over The Cap’s contract database lists a $1.3 million base salary with a $1,075,000 cap number and no guaranteed money. Either figure is consistent with a veteran-minimum-range deal for a depth linebacker/special-teamer, and none of it is guaranteed beyond standard injury protections.

The throughline across seven contracts is that Reeder has essentially no long-term guaranteed money on his ledger — total contract values reported in headlines (such as the Chargers’ or Vikings’ “guarantee” figures) are consistently far higher than what he actually banked, since most of his deals were one-year, prove-it contracts tied to making an active roster.

No major national or regional endorsement or sponsorship deals for Reeder are documented in sports-business trade coverage (outlets like Sponsor United and Front Office Sports, which track NFL player marketing deals, have no listings for him). This is typical for a special-teams and depth linebacker rather than a skill-position starter or Pro Bowl-level player — endorsement income at his level of NFL fame is generally limited to local appearance fees, football camps, or NFLPA group-licensing payouts shared among all union members, none of which are individually reported. No individual endorsement deal is included in this profile’s net-worth estimate because none could be verified.

No publicly reported businesses, startup investments, or ownership stakes are tied to Reeder as of this update. Unlike some higher-profile teammates and Super Bowl LVI alumni who have launched apparel lines, restaurants, or venture investments, there is no verifiable record of outside business activity for Reeder in sports-business or local Delaware/Los Angeles media. This section is left honest rather than speculative: if that changes, it will be reflected in a future update.

No property records, real-estate listings, or major-asset purchases (homes, cars, etc.) tied to Troy Reeder are documented in public reporting or property-record aggregators as of this update. This is common for role players earning in the $500,000-$1.3 million annual range on one-year deals, since publications and property-record services generally only track real estate for players at star-level earnings and fame. Reeder’s known assets are limited to the income documented in the Contracts and Annual Earnings sections above — no luxury real estate, cars, or other major purchases could be independently verified, so none are claimed here.