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Position: | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Matthews, North Carolina | January 19, 1995
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | David W. Butler (Matthews, North Carolina) |
College: | Tennessee (2013) Coffeyville (2015) Memphis (2016–2017) |
Undrafted: | 2018 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Riley Logan Ferguson (born January 19, 1995) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Memphis.
Ferguson attended David W. Butler High School in Matthews, North Carolina. [1] He had 2,173 passing yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior and 3,345 yards and 48 touchdowns as a junior. He committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football. [2]
As a freshman at Tennessee in 2013, Ferguson competed with Justin Worley, Nathan Peterman and Joshua Dobbs for the starting quarterback job. [3] [4] Ferguson suffered a leg injury during practice and took a medical redshirt. [5] He was again competing for the starting job in 2014, but left the school in May 2014. [6] [7]
Ferguson enrolled at Coffeyville Community College in 2015. [8] In his one season at Coffeyville, he passed for 2,942 yards and had 35 touchdowns. [9] He transferred to the University of Memphis in 2016. [10] Ferguson was named the starter his first year at Memphis. [11] [12] In 13 starts, he threw for 3,698 yards and broke Paxton Lynch's previous years record with 32 touchdown passes. [13]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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6 ft 2+3⁄4 in (1.90 m) | 212 lb (96 kg) | 30+7⁄8 in (0.78 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.98 s | 4.40 s | 6.96 s | 29.0 in (0.74 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | ||||
All values from NFL Combine [14] |
Ferguson, after finishing his senior year, entered the 2018 NFL Draft. Despite having the potential to be a sixth or seventh round pick, he went undrafted. He signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2018. [15] On May 17, the Buccaneers waived Ferguson. [16]
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