| Riley Ridley | |
| Number: | 88 |
| Position: | Wide receiver |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| High School: | Deerfield Beach |
| College: | Georgia (2016–2018) |
| Draftyear: | 2019 |
| Draftround: | 4 |
| Draftpick: | 126 |
| Pastteams: |
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| Statlabel1: | Receptions |
| Statvalue1: | 10 |
| Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
| Statvalue2: | 108 |
| Pfr: | RidlRi00 |
Riley Ridley[1] (born July 21, 1996) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Georgia.
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]
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]
Ridley was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round (126th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft.[8] He signed his rookie contract, worth $3.2 million over 4 years with a $682.5k signing bonus,[9] on May 13.[10]
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.[11] Due to injuries to the wide receiver corps, he began seeing increased action starting in Week 13 against the Detroit Lions,[12] and caught his first career pass the following week against the Dallas Cowboys.[13]
He was waived during the Bears final cuts on August 31, 2021.[14]
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |||
| 2019 | CHI | 5 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2020 | CHI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 | |
| Career | 10 | 1 | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Postseason | |||||||||
| 2020 | CHI | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||
His brother, Calvin Ridley, also plays wide receiver in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans .[15] [16]