2013 GENERAL: Played in Games 1-16, with starts in Games 9-11, replacing injured MLB Rey Maualuga ... Had 54 tackles on defense, after entering year with just 10 for his career ... Third on team in special teams tackles (11) ... Four sacks, two INTs (one returned for TD), a forced fumble, four passes defensed and tied for second on team with seven tackles-for-loss.
2013 GAME-BY-GAME: On Oct. 6 vs. New England, stopped RB LeGarrette Blount for no gain on first-and-goal play from one-yard line in fourth quarter, and defense went on to hold Patriots to field goal ... Had two tackles on the four plays of a goal-line stand Oct. 13 at Buffalo ... Led team with 10 tackles, including two for losses, in start Oct. 31 at Miami … Had 13 tackles Nov. 10 at Baltimore, second on team, including three sacks of Joe Flacco for 19 yards, and intercepted a deflected Flacco pass in second quarter, returning it four yards to Bengals 35 ... Had 13 tackles, including one for loss and a QB pressure, Nov. 17 vs. Cleveland ... Returned to a reserve role Dec. 1 at San Diego, recording two tackles and recovery of a Keenan Allen fumble in fourth quarter … Six tackles Dec. 8 vs. Indianapolis, second on team ... Set up game’s first score Dec. 22 vs. Minnesota, with a sack-and-strip of Matt Cassel, with DE Carlos Dunlap returning fumble 42 yards to Vikings four … Also vs. Minnesota, returned second quarter INT 25 yards for his first career TD ... One tackle Dec. 29 vs. Baltimore.
A 2010 Bengals college free agent signee, Rey emerged this season as a presence on defense ... Replaced injured MLB Rey Maualuga in starting lineup for Games 9-11, and ranks tied for seventh on team for the season in tackles (53) … On Nov. 10 at Baltimore, became first player in Bengals history with three sacks and one INT in a game … Had a sack, a forced fumble and an interception returned for a TD on Dec. 22 vs. Minnesota … Has played in every game since start of 2011 season … Ranked third on team in special teams tackles.
2013 GENERAL: Played in Games 1-16, with starts in Games 9-11, replacing injured MLB Rey Maualuga ... Had 54 tackles on defense, after entering year with just 10 for his career ... Third on team in special teams tackles (11) ... Four sacks, two INTs (one returned for TD), a forced fumble, four passes defensed and tied for second on team with seven tackles-for-loss.
2013 GAME-BY-GAME: On Oct. 6 vs. New England, stopped RB LeGarrette Blount for no gain on first-and-goal play from one-yard line in fourth quarter, and defense went on to hold Patriots to field goal ... Had two tackles on the four plays of a goal-line stand Oct. 13 at Buffalo ... Led team with 10 tackles, including two for losses, in start Oct. 31 at Miami … Had 13 tackles Nov. 10 at Baltimore, second on team, including three sacks of Joe Flacco for 19 yards, and intercepted a deflected Flacco pass in second quarter, returning it four yards to Bengals 35 ... Had 13 tackles, including one for loss and a QB pressure, Nov. 17 vs. Cleveland ... Returned to a reserve role Dec. 1 at San Diego, recording two tackles and recovery of a Keenan Allen fumble in fourth quarter … Six tackles Dec. 8 vs. Indianapolis, second on team ... Set up game’s first score Dec. 22 vs. Minnesota, with a sack-and-strip of Matt Cassel, with DE Carlos Dunlap returning fumble 42 yards to Vikings four … Also vs. Minnesota, returned second quarter INT 25 yards for his first career TD ... One tackle Dec. 29 vs. Baltimore.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed with Bengals on 4-30-10 as college free agent ... Waived on 9-4-10 and signed to practice squad on 9-5-10 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 12-8-10 ... Re-signed with Bengals on 3-12-12 ... Re-signed with Bengals as exclusive-rights player on 4-3-13.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2010 - Played in all five preseason games for Bengals and tied for third on team in tackles (15) ... Opened season on practice squad, and signed to Bengals roster the week of Game 13 ... Inactive for Games 13-14, and played in Games 15-16, with two special teams tackles ... Made NFL debut in upset win Dec. 26 vs. San Diego, recording two special teams tackles.
2011 - Finished fifth on special teams with nine tackles ... Two special teams tackles Sept. 11 at Cleveland ... Two special teams tackles Oct. 16 vs. Indianapolis ... Tied for special teams lead with two tackles Oct. 30 at Seattle ... Played in all four preseason games and tied for second on team in tackles (13).
2012—Made one start at WLB, and recorded 18 tackles for the season, with one sack and one pass defensed ... His total of 12 special teams tackles trailed only Dan Skuta (17) and Jeromy Miles (15) ... Started at WLB Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland, replacing injured Thomas Howard, and finished second on team in tackles (nine) ... Four tackles Sept. 23 at Washington ... Recorded one tackle on defense and one on special teams Sept. 30 at Jacksonville ... Tied for team lead in special teams tackles (two) Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh ... Led special teams with three tackles Dec. 30 vs. Baltimore ... Played in all four preseason games, logging 16 tackles (third on team) and three special teams tackles ... Led team with three special teams tackles in Wild Card playoff 1-5-13 at Houston.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2006-09) at Duke, seeing action in 48 games with 35 starts ... A two-year team captain, he left Blue Devils ranked ninth in program history in tackles (330) ... Averaged 106 tackles per year over his last three seasons ... Set school record with three fumble returns for TDs, and also had 28 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and three INTs.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Far Rockaway, N.Y. ... Attended Bayside High School, and later spent one season at Mercersburg (Pa.) Academy ... In 2009, earned a University Scholar Athlete award from the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame ... Last name is pronounced “RAY.”
NOTE ABOUT NFL EXPERIENCE: Rey did not earn an accrued year of experience toward NFL free agency in 2010 because he was not on a 53-player roster, a Reserve/Injured list or a Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list for the required minimum of six games that year.
