Jordon Riley

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 26

Weight: 315 lbs

College: Oregon

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Biography

Originally a 7th-round (243rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2023.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

As a rookie in 2023, played in 8 games and made 8 tackles (4 solo), including one for lost yardage.
Made his NFL debut vs. Dallas (9/10), recording one tackle for loss…Made his first of 6 consecutive appearances vs. New England (11/26)…Registered a season-high 3 solo tackles vs. the Rams (12/31).

COLLEGE:

Played in 44 games during a collegiate career that took him to North Carolina, Garden City Community College in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oregon.
As a senior at Oregon in 2022, he played 13 games and was credited with 21 tackles (7 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, a half-sack and one pass defensed…Had at least one tackle in 12 of his 13 games with 6 multi-tackle performances…Played 331 snaps on defense and 70 on special teams…In 2021 at Nebraska, played in 10 games, recording 7 tackles, including one for loss…Academic All-Big Ten selection.
In 2020, played in six games in his first season at Nebraska…Recorded one tackle in his debut at Northwestern in his debut in a Cornhusker uniform…In 2019, played in 9 games at Garden City Community College…Finished with 26 tackles, 2.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss…Was a leader on a Garden City defense that limited opponents to 289.0 yards of total offense and 125.0 rushing yards per game.
In 2018, took a redshirt season in his second year at North Carolina…In 2017, played in 5 games as a true freshman and tallied 6 tackles (3 solo).

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY:

Joined Project Kind, an organization to support those experiencing homelessness, to host an event with 125 people from the organization for a day of haircuts, spa treatments and lunch at MetLife stadium…The entire 2023 rookie class visited Harlem, where players were split into groups to visit 4 different schools and hosted a flag football clinic for 50 of the boys in the Harlem Giants program...To celebrate Halloween, dressed in costume to visit patients and distribute giftbags at Hackensack University Medical Center's Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital…Continued the annual rookie Thanksgiving tradition at the Community Kitchen located at the Food Bank for New York City in Harlem to hand out turkeys and meals for people in need…Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants…Participated in Jingle Jam, where he helped spread holiday joy to over 500 New Jersey foster children by spending time with them and assisting with the gift distribution.

PERSONAL:

Majored in child, youth and family studies… Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2020; Spring 2020)…Graduated early from high school and enrolled at UNC in January, 2017…Played multiple positions on the defensive line…Missed the first 5 games of his senior season with a foot injury…Played his first year of football as a sophomore…Also played basketball for Riverside…Son of Reeshemah and James Kenan.