Riley Ridley

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Riley Ridley
No. 88
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1996-07-21) July 21, 1996 (age 27)
Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Deerfield Beach
College: Georgia (2016–2018)
NFL draft: 2019  / Round: 4 / Pick: 126
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:10
Receiving yards:108
Player stats at PFR

Cavin Riley Ridley [1] (born July 21, 1996) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Georgia.

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Early years

Ridley attended Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was a four-star wide receiver coming out of high school with over 13 offers, including those from Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn. [2] Ultimately, Ridley committed to the University of Georgia to play college football. [3]

College career

Ridley played in 11 games as a true freshman at Georgia in 2016, catching 12 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns. [4] As a sophomore in 2017, he had 14 receptions for 218 yards and two touchdowns. [5] As a junior in 2018, Ridley had 43 receptions for 559 yards and nine touchdowns. After the season, he decided to forgo his senior year and enter the 2019 NFL Draft. [6] [7]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1+1⁄4 in
(1.86 m)		199 lb
(90 kg)		32+5⁄8 in
(0.83 m)		10+1⁄4 in
(0.26 m)		4.58 s1.57 s2.69 s4.28 s7.22 s30.5 in
(0.77 m)		10 ft 4 in
(3.15 m)		13 reps
All values from NFL Combine [8] [9]

Ridley was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round (126th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. [10] He signed his rookie contract, worth $3.2 million over 4 years with a $682.5k signing bonus, [11] on May 13. [12]

During his rookie year, Ridley was active for just one of the first eleven games of the 2019 season: a Week 4 against the Minnesota Vikings. [13] Due to injuries to the wide receiver corps, he began seeing increased action starting in Week 13 against the Detroit Lions, [14] and caught his first career pass the following week against the Dallas Cowboys. [15]

He was waived during the Bears final cuts on August 31, 2021. [16]

Statistics

YearTeamGamesReceiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
2019 CHI 5066911.5320
2020 CHI 514399.8180
Career1011010810.8320
Postseason
2020 CHI 1123618.0180
Career1123618.0180

Personal life

His brother, Calvin Ridley, also plays wide receiver in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans . [17] [18]

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  1. ↑ Schlabach, Mark (January 8, 2018). "Ridley brothers reunite on opposite sidelines at the CFP title game". ESPN . Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Riley Ridley". 247Sports. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ Hamilton, Gerry (September 4, 2015). "RB Elijah Holyfield, son of ex-boxing champ, commits to Georgia". ABC News.
  4. ↑ Paschall, David (December 25, 2016). "Riley Ridley happy with freshman experience at Georgia". Albany Herald.
  5. ↑ Weiszer, Marc (April 12, 2018). "UGA's Riley Ridley seeks to become consistent threat at WR after breakout game". Athens Banner.
  6. ↑ Baxley, Justin (January 4, 2019). "Georgia's Riley Ridley declares for the 2019 NFL draft". The Telegraph.
  7. ↑ "Georgia loses top receivers, RB Holyfield to draft". ESPN.com. January 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". NFL.com . Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ "*Riley Ridley, Georgia, WR, 2019 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com.
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  11. ↑ Spotrac.com. "Riley Ridley". Spotrac.com. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  12. ↑ Campbell, Rich (May 13, 2019). "Bears sign draft picks Riley Ridley, Kerrith Whyte and Stephen Denmark". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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