DALLAS (AP) — Southern Mississippi was coming off a 12-win season and Conference USA championship when cornerback Kalan Reed decided to join the Golden Eagles.
Unlike most everyone else in that 2012 signing class, Reed stayed through the ensuing 0-12 season and a coaching change. He gets to play his final game in a bowl at a historic site.
Conference USA runner-up Southern Miss (9-4) closes out its season Saturday against the Pac-12's Washington (6-6) in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at Cotton Bowl Stadium.
"Kalan has stuck with it when a lot of our guys didn't.