Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Boise State
Riley Whimpey
LB • 6'1" • 236 lbs • San Clemente, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Riley Whimpey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
89
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Boise State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Player Story
Riley Whimpey built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from San Clemente, CA wearing No. 44, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Riley Whimpey's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Boise State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Riley Whimpey, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State. Riley Whimpey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 287
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
Riley Whimpey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boise State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 287
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Boise State
- Top game
- Wyoming
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · San Clemente · Boise State
- High school pipeline
- San Clemente · 26 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · LB 174th (top 14%) · Mountain West 26th (top 5%) · National 263rd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Boise State | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boise State | 9 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boise State | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 63.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boise State | 14 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 63.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boise State | 7 | 61 | 7.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 67.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Boise State | 12 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.1 |
Related Context
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Riley Whimpey played LB for Boise State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Riley Whimpey recorded 287 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Boise State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Boise State paired 10.5 primary output with 50.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 50.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Boise State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
50.1
Usage
11.9
Consistency
61.2
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 2. Air Force: 1. BYU: 2. Colorado State: 3. Hawai'i: 0. Wyoming: 0. San José State: 2.5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 7 by 49.2. Air Force: 7 by 39.2. BYU: 9 by 57.5. Colorado State: 14 by 80. Hawai'i: 8 by 33.3. Wyoming: 9 by 37.5. San José State: 7 by 54.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · -1.1 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 2 · +1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Colorado State
Best efficiency game
80 vs Colorado State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | @ San José StateSplash game | L 20-34 | 7 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | @ Wyoming | W 17-9 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | @ Hawai'i | W 40-32 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/13 | vs Colorado State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 52-21 | 14 | 6 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs BYUSplash game | L 17-51 | 9 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Air Force | W 49-30 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Utah StateSplash game | W 42-13 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Riley Whimpey story
Riley Whimpey built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from San Clemente, CA wearing No. 44, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Riley Whimpey's career was his defensive production: 287 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 11 passes defended across 50 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Boise State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Riley Whimpey's production has multiple signals. With 50 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Boise State.
The arc is straightforward: Riley Whimpey moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Boise State
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Boise State | 1 | 10.1 | 2.1 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boise State | 8 | 33.9 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boise State | 18 | 37.6 | 8.1 | 10 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boise State | 18 | 37.6 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boise State | 10.5 | 50.1 | 11.9 | -7.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Boise State | 6 | 29.7 | 6.7 | -4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wyoming
Week 11 · W 20-17 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Colorado State
Week 11 · W 52-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Air Force
Week 9 · W 48-38 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#4
@ San José State
Week 10 · W 52-42 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Fresno State
Week 10 · W 40-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Boise State
10.5 primary output · 50.1 efficiency · 11.9 usage
67.2
#2
2019 Postseason · Boise State
63.6
18 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Boise State
63.6
18 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
16
Impact games
13
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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