Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Southern 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.
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 4 | 15 | 3.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 62.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 12 | 30 | 3.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
Related Context
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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
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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 State | L 13-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Marshall | W 28-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Rice | W 43-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Tennessee | L 10-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs UAB | L 12-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 34-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs UTEP | W 24-0 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ UTSA | W 31-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs North Texas | L 28-43 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ UL Monroe | W 28-17 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Southern | W 45-0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Kentucky | L 17-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 3.5 | 24.4 | 8 | 3.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 4 | 14.4 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 4 | 14.4 | 3.4 | 0 |
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
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