{"id":28084,"date":"2023-11-21T05:12:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alaskasportshall.org\/?post_type=inductee&#038;p=28084"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:09:20","slug":"reggie-tongue","status":"publish","type":"inductee","link":"https:\/\/alaskasportshall.org\/inductee\/reggie-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"Reggie Tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout a prolific football career that catapulted defensive back Reggie Tongue from Fairbanks\u2019 Lathrop High to the NFL, he carved a reputation as an easy-smiling, good guy \u2013 until he arrived at the football field.<\/p>\n<p>Then, kindness gave way to chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Tongue was an impact player \u2013 emphasis on impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really liked it when I hit the bigger tight ends and really put them on their back,\u2019\u2019 Tongue told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner\u2019s Danny Martin in retirement. \u201cWhen you got them on the ground, that made you feel bigger than life.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Yet Tongue was no one-trick pony. He also possessed the speed, athleticism and smarts that influenced outcomes. Witness his 15 career NFL interceptions, 12 forced fumbles, 10 recovered fumbles and four defensive touchdowns in a pro career that spanned 10 seasons (1996-2005) for the Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and Oakland Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Tongue delivered 676 tackles in the NFL, 531 of them solo jobs, and mixed in 9.5 sacks. His 2002 season with the Seahawks featured a career-high five interceptions and a career-high 10 passes defended. Little wonder he was named the franchise\u2019s strong safety on its All-Decade Team for 2000-2009.<\/p>\n<p>Before Tongue forged an NFL career in which he played 145 games, starting 116 times, he sharpened his craft at Oregon State. He began his Beavers career as a redshirt running back and, fortuitously, moved to defensive back early on because of injuries to that crew\u2019s corps.<\/p>\n<p>Tongue flourished as a defensive back, earning Second- Team All Pac-10 honors as a junior in 1994 and First-Team honors as a senior in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>At Lathrop High, Tongue was a star running back and defensive back \u2013 he was the 1990 Alaska Player of the Year \u2013 and a track standout.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Doyle Woody<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout a prolific football career that catapulted defensive back Reggie Tongue from Fairbanks\u2019 Lathrop High to the NFL, he carved a reputation as an easy-smiling, good guy \u2013 until he arrived at the football field. Then, kindness gave way to chaos. 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