2022 Football Roster
Riley, Jordan
Jersey Number 18
Jordan Riley
- Position:
- Safety
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Clinton, Md.
- Prev School:
- National Christian Academy
- High School:
- National Christian Academy
Bio
Awards and Honors:
2023 Preseason All-MAC (first team by College Football Network; second team by Phil Steele College Football Preview; third team by Athlon Sports and Pro Football Focus)
2022 All-MAC third team
2021 John Hodge Outstanding Freshman (Defense)
Hard-hitting safety is the only returning starter in the Cardinals' secondary ... head coach Mike Neu on Riley: "He arrives at the football with 'bad intentions,' and you love that from a coaching perspective."
2022: Started all 12 games and shared the team lead in pass deflections, 12, with NFL draftee Nic Jones ... 61 solo tackles led the Cardinals with Jaquan Amos ... tied with Amos with 95 total tackles, trailing only Clayton Coll ... MAC’s only player with over 70 tackles and 10 passes defended last season ... ranked seventh in the MAC with 12 PBUs and 10th with 97 total tackles ... had eight tackles and four PBUs at Georgia Southern (Sept. 24), matching Penn State’s Joey Porter, Jr., as the only players in the country with at least as many in the same game ... MAC Defensive Player of the Week after a win over UConn (Oct. 15) in which his forced fumble triggered the go-ahead score in a 25-21 victory ... had three games with double-digit tackles including a career-high 14 against UConn ... had 11 tackles against both Northern Illinois (Oct. 1) and Kent State (Nov. 1) ... all 11 stops against Kent were solos ... his lone sack of the year was the Cards' only sack in the season opener at Tennessee (Sept. 1).
2021: Played in all 13 games in the secondary and on special teams ... made nine tackles ... first career game as a Cardinal came in the season opener vs. Western Illinois (Sept. 2) ... recorded a tackle at Penn State (Sept. 11) ... had two stops vs. Miami (Ohio) (Oct. 23) ... registered a season-best five tackles vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 17).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at National Christian Academy ... played for head coach Andre Kates … played defensive back and wide receiver ... first-team all-conference selection ... helped his team to an 8-3 record as a senior … had five career interceptions and returned one for a touchdown ... also competes in wrestling and track and field.
PERSONAL: Son of George and Danielle Riley … has five siblings … uncle, Mike Scott, played at Bowie State ... previously wore #18.
2023 Preseason All-MAC (first team by College Football Network; second team by Phil Steele College Football Preview; third team by Athlon Sports and Pro Football Focus)
2022 All-MAC third team
2021 John Hodge Outstanding Freshman (Defense)
Hard-hitting safety is the only returning starter in the Cardinals' secondary ... head coach Mike Neu on Riley: "He arrives at the football with 'bad intentions,' and you love that from a coaching perspective."
2022: Started all 12 games and shared the team lead in pass deflections, 12, with NFL draftee Nic Jones ... 61 solo tackles led the Cardinals with Jaquan Amos ... tied with Amos with 95 total tackles, trailing only Clayton Coll ... MAC’s only player with over 70 tackles and 10 passes defended last season ... ranked seventh in the MAC with 12 PBUs and 10th with 97 total tackles ... had eight tackles and four PBUs at Georgia Southern (Sept. 24), matching Penn State’s Joey Porter, Jr., as the only players in the country with at least as many in the same game ... MAC Defensive Player of the Week after a win over UConn (Oct. 15) in which his forced fumble triggered the go-ahead score in a 25-21 victory ... had three games with double-digit tackles including a career-high 14 against UConn ... had 11 tackles against both Northern Illinois (Oct. 1) and Kent State (Nov. 1) ... all 11 stops against Kent were solos ... his lone sack of the year was the Cards' only sack in the season opener at Tennessee (Sept. 1).
2021: Played in all 13 games in the secondary and on special teams ... made nine tackles ... first career game as a Cardinal came in the season opener vs. Western Illinois (Sept. 2) ... recorded a tackle at Penn State (Sept. 11) ... had two stops vs. Miami (Ohio) (Oct. 23) ... registered a season-best five tackles vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 17).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at National Christian Academy ... played for head coach Andre Kates … played defensive back and wide receiver ... first-team all-conference selection ... helped his team to an 8-3 record as a senior … had five career interceptions and returned one for a touchdown ... also competes in wrestling and track and field.
PERSONAL: Son of George and Danielle Riley … has five siblings … uncle, Mike Scott, played at Bowie State ... previously wore #18.
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