Player Dossier

2013-2017

Southern Miss

Draper Riley

DL • 6'4" • 305 lbs • Harvey, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Draper Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Player Story

Draper Riley built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Harvey, LA wearing No. 9, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Draper Riley's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7933

West Jefferson · Harvey, LA

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Draper Riley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Draper Riley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
47
TFL
7
Sacks
0.5

Quick Answers

Draper Riley quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · DL
Career Tackles
47
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 16 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Old Dominion
Recruit profile
2-star · West Jefferson · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
West Jefferson · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 9 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
32 tackles · DL 126th (top 18%) · Conference USA 149th (top 25%) · National 1,310th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss4153.50--062.3
2017 PostseasonSouthern Miss122-0--038.5
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss12303.50.5--038.5

Related Context

Draper Riley played DL for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Draper Riley recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 3.5 primary output with 24.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Southern Miss

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

14.4

Usage

3.4

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 0. Kentucky: 0. Southern: 0. UL Monroe: 0.5. North Texas: 1.5. UTSA: 0. UTEP: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1. UAB: 0. Tennessee: 0. Rice: 0. Marshall: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Southern: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 4 by 21.7. North Texas: 5 by 35.8. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 4 by 26.7. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 18.3. UAB: 3 by 12.5. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

35.8 vs North Texas

Result
Wed 12/27@ Florida StateL 13-4222000
Sat 11/25@ MarshallW 28-2730000
Sat 11/11@ RiceW 43-3411000
Sat 11/4@ TennesseeL 10-2441000
Sat 10/28vs UABL 12-3032000
Sat 10/21@ Louisiana TechW 34-27200.500.500
Sat 10/14vs UTEPW 24-042100
Sat 10/7@ UTSAW 31-2911000
Sat 9/30vs North TexasL 28-43521.5000
Sat 9/16@ UL MonroeW 28-17400.5000
Sat 9/9vs SouthernW 45-020000
Sat 9/2vs KentuckyL 17-2410000

Player Story

Draper Riley story

Draper Riley built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Harvey, LA wearing No. 9, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Draper Riley's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Draper Riley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Southern Miss

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201320142015201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00
2015 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00
2016 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss3.524.483.5
2017 PostseasonSouthern Miss414.43.40.5
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss414.43.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Old Dominion

Week 11 · L 35-51 · Conference game

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

vs North Texas

Week 5 · L 28-43 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Charlotte

Week 10 · L 27-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 7 · W 24-0 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#5

@ North Texas

Week 12 · L 23-29 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

49.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss

3.5 primary output · 24.4 efficiency · 8 usage

62.3

#2

2017 Postseason · Southern Miss

38.5

4 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss

38.5

4 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games