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2024 Football Roster

10 Shawn Riley

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 235
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • Previous School Trinity Episcopal
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Played in four games … Posted four tackles in win at Brown … Registered three tackles in win at Wagner.

2023: Did not see game action.

2022: Played in five games for the Lions in 2022 … Had 14 total tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack for the season … Posted a season high seven tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack against Princeton (Oct. 1) … Recorded three tackles in the season opener at Marist (Sept. 17).
 
2021: Saw action in six games as a first-year linebacker and on special teams … Concluded year with one tackle … Made first career tackle in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Saw action at Princeton (Oct. 2), at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9), vs. Harvard (Nov. 6), vs. Brown (Nov. 13), and at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Made career debut vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A May 2021 graduate of Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond, Va., where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Sam Mickens … Earned All-State honors as a junior … Played multiple positions for the Titans including quarterback, safety, wide receiver and tight end … Served as team captain as a senior … Registered five interceptions, two forced fumbles, and five touchdowns as a junior … Led team in interceptions … Led the Titans to a 6-5 overall record as a junior … Registered 10 tackles, two interceptions, caught four passes for 110 yards vs. St. Chris … Finished with three interceptions and three forced fumbles as a sophomore … Also competed in track and field and baseball … Ran the 100-meter dash and 110-meter hurdles … Played centerfield in baseball … Named team captain of track and field team … National Honor Society member in Math and Science … Earned the West Point Leadership Award … Five-time Headmasters List member … Assisted with his Grandma’s ministry, where he donated items to underprivileged kids in Kenya.
 
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2021First Year

    Linebacker
    6'3" 215 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2022Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'3" 230 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2023Junior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 230 lbs
    31
  • 10

    2024Senior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 235 lbs
    10