Marcel Reed shares origin for ‘Gingerbread Man’ nickname
By Luke Greco
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Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed has been hard to catch this season for defenses.
The Aggies’ star passer has only been sacked 7 times this year and has only one game with negative rushing yards. As Texas A&M has roared to a perfect 9-0 record, Reed has thrown for over 2,193 yards and run for 378 yards on the ground. Reed is the third-leading rusher for the Aggies and is tied for first with 6 rushing touchdowns.
He has helped place the Aggies at the top of the SEC and led to a pretty sweet nickname: The Gingerbread Man.
On an appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter this week, Reed explained the origin of the nickname.
“Ever since I’ve been a kid, I was always shifty, and you know the tale of the Gingerbread Man is you can’t catch him, so kind of just gave myself that name,” Reed said. “Taurean York was doing his little media today after practice, and they had asked him what he would do as a linebacker to stop me, and he said hit me in the mouth, and I was like, ‘Nah.’ I told him I was the Gingerbread Man cause I was just sitting behind watching, and then somebody asked me when I got up and was like, ‘What does the Gingerbread Man mean?’ and I went, ‘You can’t catch me.’
So far this season, nobody has been able to catch Reed. He’ll hope that stays true when the Aggies host South Carolina on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET on ESPN.
