CAREER SUMMARY: Ranks 5th on program’s career tackles list with 260
SENIOR (2015): Started all 13 games … recorded 103 tackles, including 9.5 for loss with 1.0 sack, one fumble recovery, one interception, six quarterback hurries and two pass breakups … tackles total was tied for third-highest in program history and first 100-tackle season for Bulldog since 2011 … average of 7.9 tackles per game ranked ninth in Southern Conference … tied single-game career high with 12 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, at Georgia Southern … matched season-high tackles total, including 1.0 for loss, and added one quarterback hurry at Charleston Southern in second round of NCAA FCS Playoffs … recorded eight tackles, 0.5 for loss, and one quarterback hurry in season-opening 69-0 win vs. Davidson … made seven stops, 0.5 for loss, in 28-10 win vs. Western Carolina … registered nine tackles and one quarterback hurry vs. Charleston Southern … recorded seven tackles, including season-high 2.0 for loss, in 39-12 win vs. Wofford … made seven tackles, 1.0 for loss, in 44-25 win at Samford … recorded six tackles, one interception and two quarterback hurries in 38-17 win at Furman … had nine stops, including 1.0 sack, in 21-19 win vs. Mercer … recorded five solo tackles, including season-high-tying 2.0 for loss, and one quarterback hurry in 35-14 win vs. VMI … recorded seven tackles, 1.0 for loss, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup at No. 9 Chattanooga … had seven solo stops and one pass breakup in 23-22 win at South Carolina … made seven solo tackles in 41-38 win at Coastal Carolina in first round of NCAA FCS Playoffs
JUNIOR (2014): Appeared in all 12 games … recorded 38 tackles, including 2.0 for loss, and one fumble recovery … made two tackles vs. Coastal Carolina … had three stops at defending national champion Florida State … made three tackles in 37-14 win vs. Gardner-Webb … recorded five tackles, 0.5 for loss, at Wofford … had two tackles in 63-56 win vs. Charlotte … recorded season-high seven tackles vs. Chattanooga … registered four tackles, 1.0 for loss, at Western Carolina … made four tackles, 0.5 for loss, in 28-26 win at Mercer … had two stops in 42-35 win vs. Furman … made three tackles vs. Samford … ended season with three tackles in 45-25 win at VMI.
SOPHOMORE (2013): Started in 11 games and played in all 12 at the outside linebacker position ... recorded 76 tackles which was second-most on the team ... and 4.5 tackles for loss which was third-most on the team ... posted double-digit tackles against Western Carolina (11) and Georgia Southern (10) ... recorded eight tackles and a sack resulting in a loss of nine yards in a win over VMI.
FRESHMAN (2012): Played and started in the final four games of the season … in just four games he recorded 43 tackles, seventh most on the team, landing him a spot on the All-Southern Conference Freshman team … led the team in tackles with 12, including three for losses and a sack vs. Wofford in his first collegiate game … followed up the performance with 11 tackles and a ½ sack in a win vs. Elon … closed out the season with another 12-tackle performance in a win vs. Furman.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Davidson High School ... lettered in football and baseball ... served as a team captain ... made 155 tackles, five tackles for loss, three sacks, four forced fumbles, seven quarterback hurries and an interception his senior season ... named all-region and honorable mention all-state ... helped team win region championship and reach the state semifinals his junior year.
PERSONAL: Son of James and Vechatia Riley ... majoring in business administration.
