COLLEGE CAREER – Riley finished his college career playing in 55 games with 36 starts in six seasons with Louisville (2022-24) and Middle Tennessee (2019-21), posting 159 tackles, ten stops for loss, 2.5 sacks, 15 interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns, 59 passes defensed and a forced fumble. He will compete in training camp for a role in the team's defensive packages, where he can utilize his combination of competitiveness and speed, while also seeking to contribute on special teams.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Signed to a four-year contract, 5/9/25; Selected in the fourth round (131st overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft.
2024 – Appeared in ten games with eight starts and finished with 33 tackles (21 solo), one forced fumble and three stops for loss. Tied for the team lead with two interceptions and tied for ninth in the nation with 15 pass breakups (17 passes defensed), earning second-team All-ACC honors...Intercepted passes in victories over Jacksonville State and Kentucky. 2023 – Selected as All-Atlantic Coast Conference Honorable Mention, when he started all 14 contests, recording 49 tackles (29 solo), three interception returns for 75 yards, and 17 passes defensed...Finished with five tackles and an interception at NC State...Recorded four tackles, an interception and two passes defensed vs. tenth-ranked Notre Dame, helping lead Cardinals to victory with late game pick…Finished with three tackles and two pass breakups vs. Boston College. 2022 – Finished with 27 tackles, one sack/stop for loss, three interception returns for 101 yards, including one brought back for a TD, two pass breakups and three passes defensed…Had one interception and three tackles (two solo) in the win against NC State…Totaled two interceptions for 101 yards with one brought back for a 90-yard TD, the longest since 1975 and the third-longest in school history to go with three tackles in the win against Wake Forest…Recorded four tackles in the win against Pitt…Totaled four tackles in win versus Virginia…Totaled two tackles and one sack/stop for loss of ten yards in the win versus USF…Recorded two solo tackles versus Florida State…Had one tackle and two pass breakups in the win against UCF…Totaled two solo tackles in opener against Syracuse. 2021 – In final season with Blue Raiders, he played in nine games with seven starts and recorded 33 tackles, 4.5 stops for a loss, 1.5 sacks, nine pass breakups (14 passes defensed) and a team-high five interception returns for 153 yards with a touchdown…Named a consensus first team All-Conference USA selection, while being ranked fourth nationally and leading the conference in picks…Recorded two interceptions for second multi-pick game of career vs. UTSA…Returned an interception 45 yards for a TD against FIU…Led team with career-best 13 tackles to go with a pass breakup at FAU. 2020 – Conference USA All-Freshman selection. played in six games with five starts in the COVID-19 shortened season, recording 14 tackles, one stop for a loss, two interceptions and four pass breakups (six passes defensed)…Collected two interceptions for 77 yards against North Texas before being injured. 2019 – Played in three games, recording three solo tackles in his first collegiate season.
PERSONAL – Lettered in football, basketball and track at A.C. Flora (Columbia, S.C.) HS, where he was rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports and the No. 16 recruit in the state of South Carolina...Led A.C. Flora with five interceptions in 2018 to go with 28 tackles. Had 19 receptions for 303 yards (16.0 avg.) and four touchdowns to go with six special teams TDs...Region IV-4A Special Teams Player of the Year...Earned All-State honors in football and was a member of the Columbia Metro All-Star team...Won the South Carolina 4A 100 (10.4) and 200 meters...Earned All-State and All-Region honors in track while also being named the team's MVP...Named the South Carolina Boys 4A Track Player of the Year in 2019…Ran track at Middle Tennessee in 2019 and 2020.
