Player Dossier

2025-2025

Ohio State

Riley Pettijohn

LB • 6'2" • 231 lbs • McKinney, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Riley Pettijohn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.7

Efficiency

11.5

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

11.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Riley Pettijohn, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State. Riley Pettijohn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 2 primary output with 11.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

11.5

Usage

2.7

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Rutgers

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Game-by-Game Trend

12345

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Ohio: 0. Penn State: 0. Purdue: 0. Rutgers: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 18.3. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=4
First Half0.3 · n=3 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · n=2 · +0.2 vs First Half
All Games0.4 · n=5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 11/22vs RutgersW 42-911100
Sat 11/8@ PurdueW 34-1020000
Sat 11/1vs Penn StateW 38-1410000
Sat 9/13vs OhioW 37-930000
Sat 9/6vs Unknown22001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Ohio State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonOhio State211.52.7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.1 takeover score.

#2

Rutgers

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#3

Ohio

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

#4

Purdue

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

#5

Penn State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Ohio State

2 primary output · 11.5 efficiency · 2.7 usage

11.4

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.9793

McKinney · McKinney, TX

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

1

Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

9

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 5 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Riley Pettijohn quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
1
Career tackles
9