Reginald is a graduate of Colbert County High School in Leighton where he played football for Coach Don Creasy. In addition to an excellent high school football career, he played basketball and ran track. He played on the 1978 3A State Runner-up and the 1979 3A State Champion Indian Squads. In high school, he was All-Area, All-State, All-American and was the MVP of the All-Star team. As a junior he rushed for 1300 yards and scored 13 touchdowns. He followed that up with a senior campaign in which he rushed for over 2000 yards and 26 touchdowns. After high school he signed a scholarship to Jacksonville State where he was an All-Gulf South Conference running back. In his career at Jacksonville State he rushed for 2626 yards, which is fourth all time, he had 3,643 all purpose yards which is fifth all time and scored 24 touch downs which is tenth all time.