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Player Dossier
2017-2022Louisiana
AJ Riley
LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Plaquemine, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
AJ Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Louisiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Player Story
AJ Riley built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Plaquemine, LA wearing No. 19, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of AJ Riley's career was his defensive production: 67...
Read the storyAJ Riley, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Louisiana. AJ Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 67
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
AJ Riley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · LB
- Career Tackles
- 67
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Louisiana
- Top game
- Georgia State
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 15 tackles · LB 612th (top 50%) · Sun Belt 250th (top 39%) · National 2,229th (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisiana | 7 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 19.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Postseason | Louisiana | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| 2021 Postseason | Louisiana | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana | 13 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisiana | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 32.9 |
Related Context
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AJ Riley played LB for Louisiana. Across 6 tracked seasons, AJ Riley recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Louisiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Louisiana paired 8 primary output with 14.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 15.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Louisiana
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.1
Usage
4.1
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 0. Georgia State: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. Coastal Carolina: 0. Texas State: 0. Arkansas State: 2. South Alabama: 2. App State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Southern: 3 by 22.5. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 1 by 24.2. South Alabama: 2 by 28.3. App State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs South Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/26 | @ UTSA | W 31-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | @ App State | W 24-21 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs South AlabamaSplash game | W 38-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Arkansas StateSplash game | W 27-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/1 | @ Texas State | W 44-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/14 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 27-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Georgia Southern | W 20-18 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Georgia State | W 34-31 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
AJ Riley story
AJ Riley built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Plaquemine, LA wearing No. 19, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of AJ Riley's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. That gives AJ Riley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Louisiana
2017-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisiana | 2.5 | 10.7 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | — | — | -2.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | Louisiana | 5 | 15.1 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana | 5 | 15.1 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Louisiana | 8 | 14.3 | 4.4 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana | 8 | 14.3 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisiana | 3 | 13.2 | 3.3 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia State
Week 10 · W 21-17 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Grambling
Week 1 · W 49-17
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
vs Troy
Week 10 · L 17-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Arkansas State
Week 10 · W 27-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia Southern
Week 4 · W 20-18 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Louisiana
8 primary output · 14.3 efficiency · 4.4 usage
39.7
#2
2021 Regular Season · Louisiana
39.7
8 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Louisiana
32.9
3 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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