Player Dossier

2012-2015

Virginia Tech

Donovan Riley

CB • 5'11" • Baltimore, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donovan Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

Efficiency

13.3

Consistency

65.3

Season Value

32.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Scouting Read

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Donovan Riley, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Donovan Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Donovan Riley played CB for Virginia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovan Riley recorded 9 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Virginia Tech paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

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

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2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

13.3

Usage

Consistency

65.3

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 1. East Carolina: 0. Wake Forest: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Losses0.5 · Games = 2
First Half0.5 · Games = 2
All Games0.7 · Games = 3

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

20 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 11/22@ Wake ForestL 3-61
Sat 9/13vs East CarolinaL 21-28
Sun 9/7@ Ohio StateW 35-211

Career Arc

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    Virginia Tech

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech120
2013 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0-1
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech213.32
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Florida State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

Wake Forest

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

Ohio State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

East Carolina

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2012 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

43

#2

2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

32.3

2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8233

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute · Baltimore, MD

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

0

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 4 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.