Player Dossier

2020-2023

New Mexico

Syaire Riley

LB • 6'0" • 254 lbs • Inglewood, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Syaire Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

59

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Syaire Riley built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a linebacker from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Syaire Riley's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.81

Palisades · Pacific Palisades, CA

Committed To
New Mexico
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Syaire Riley, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico. Syaire Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
130
TFL
12
Sacks
2
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Syaire Riley quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · LB
Career Tackles
130
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Palisades · New Mexico
High school pipeline
Palisades · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 36 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
48 tackles · LB 301st (top 25%) · Mountain West 62nd (top 12%) · National 661st (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico36-0--040
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico10425111060.3
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico834301-045.6
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1048412-056.2

Related Context

Syaire Riley played LB for New Mexico. Across 4 tracked seasons, Syaire Riley recorded 130 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 8 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

27

Usage

8.8

Consistency

37.1

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 2. Tennessee Tech: 0.5. New Mexico State: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Wyoming: 0. San José State: 0.5. UNLV: 0. Boise State: 1. Fresno State: 0. Utah State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 3 by 32.5. Tennessee Tech: 8 by 38.3. New Mexico State: 6 by 25. Massachusetts: 9 by 47.5. Wyoming: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 3 by 17.5. UNLV: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 6 by 35. Fresno State: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Massachusetts

Result
Fri 11/24vs Utah StateSplash gameL 41-4463100
Sun 11/19@ Fresno StateW 25-1722000
Sun 11/12@ Boise StateL 14-4263000
Sat 11/4vs UNLVL 14-5630000
Sat 10/14vs San José StateL 24-52320.5000
Sat 9/30@ WyomingL 26-3520000
Sat 9/23@ MassachusettsW 34-3193100
Sun 9/17vs New Mexico StateL 17-2763000
Sun 9/10vs Tennessee TechW 56-10830.5000
Sat 9/2@ Texas A&MSplash gameL 10-5232110

Player Story

Syaire Riley story

Syaire Riley built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a linebacker from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Syaire Riley's career was his defensive production: 130 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Syaire Riley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    New Mexico

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico08.31.4
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico825.57.78
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico422.76.1-4
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico7278.83

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 13 · L 41-44 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Fresno State

Week 11 · L 7-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Texas A&M

Week 1 · L 10-52

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Fresno State

Week 8 · L 9-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Wyoming

Week 6 · L 14-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · New Mexico

8 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 7.7 usage

60.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · New Mexico

56.2

7 primary · 27 efficiency · 8.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · New Mexico

45.6

4 primary · 22.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games