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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born: | July 21, 1996 Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Deerfield Beach | ||||||
| College: | Georgia (2016–2018) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2019: 4th round, 126th pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Riley Ridley [1] (born July 21, 1996) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Georgia.
Ridley attended Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was a four-star wide receiver coming out of high school with over 13 offers, including those from Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn. [2] Ultimately, Ridley committed to the University of Georgia to play college football. [3]
Ridley played in 11 games as a true freshman at Georgia in 2016, catching 12 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns. [4] As a sophomore in 2017, he had 14 receptions for 218 yards and two touchdowns. [5] As a junior in 2018, Ridley had 43 receptions for 559 yards and nine touchdowns. After the season, he decided to forgo his senior year and enter the 2019 NFL draft. [6] [7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m) | 199 lb (90 kg) | 32+5⁄8 in (0.83 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 4.58 s | 1.57 s | 2.69 s | 4.28 s | 7.22 s | 30.5 in (0.77 m) | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) | 13 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine [8] [9] | ||||||||||||
Ridley was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round (126th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. [10] He signed his rookie contract, worth $3.2 million over 4 years with a $682.5k signing bonus, [11] on May 13. [12]
During his rookie year, Ridley was active for just one of the first eleven games of the 2019 season: a Week 4 against the Minnesota Vikings. [13] Due to injuries to the wide receiver corps, he began seeing increased action starting in Week 13 against the Detroit Lions, [14] and caught his first career pass the following week against the Dallas Cowboys. [15]
He was waived during the Bears final cuts on August 31, 2021. [16]
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2019 | CHI | 5 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 32 | 0 |
| 2020 | CHI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Career | 10 | 1 | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| Postseason | ||||||||
| 2020 | CHI | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
His brother, Calvin Ridley, also plays wide receiver in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans . [17] [18]
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