Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jordon Riley was born May 19, 1998, in New Bern, North Carolina. He is a defensive lineman in the NFL.

As a true freshman at North Carolina in 2017, Riley appeared in five games and recorded six tackles. The following year, he redshirted. Riley transferred to Garden City Community College in 2019, playing nine games and posting 26 tackles, 3.5 TFLs and two sacks in his only year there. He transferred again in 2020, this time to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, for which he played six games that year.

In 2021, Riley appeared in 10 games for the Cornhuskers, tallying seven tackles with one TFL, and being named to the conference all-academic team. Hoping to receive more playing time, he transferred to the Oregon Ducks for his final season in 2022. With the Ducks, he started all 13 games and made 21 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, a pass breakup and a half-sack.

Riley was selected in the seventh round (243rd overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.