[5] He earned his nickname in 1969 by cutting an abandoned 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air (some accounts claim it was a Porsche) in half with a hacksaw after his previously unbeaten Volunteers returned from an embarrassing 38–0 road loss to Ole Miss.

After working through the night on the project, chewing through 13 hacksaw blades, he returned the next day with some teammates to show off his handiwork.

[6] After being drafted by the Rams and spending a decade in LA, he was released and signed by Bill Walsh and John McVay as a veteran presence for the defense on a $1 million contract over five years.

Walsh credited Reynolds as being the most telling personnel move he ever made, stating "Jack gave us leadership and maturity and toughness and set an example for everybody...As strange a guy as he was, he really put us on the map.

However, he only lasted 12 days, allegedly finding the candid nature of player assessments by fellow coaches "unsettling".