New York Giants Draft Prospect Profile: IDL Jordon Riley

Nick takes a look at New York Giants seventh-round pick Jordon Riley.

Jordon Riley, IDL

Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 338 lbs.
Class: 6th-Year-Senior
School: Oregon

Pro Day Measurements

Arm length: 33 ⅜”
Wingspan: 81 ¼”
Hand size: 10”
40-yard-dash: 5:28
10-yard-split: 1.89
Vertical jump: 25”
Broad jump: 8’6”
Short-shuttle: 4.76
Three-cone: 8.21

Jordon Riley had four collegiate stops on his journey. He played high school football at Riverside in North Carolina. He initially attended North Carolina in 2017, where he played in five games as a true freshman and recorded six tackles; he redshirt in 2018. He then transferred to Garden City (Kan.) Community College for the 2019 season, where he had 26 tackles, two sacks, and 3.5 tackles for a loss in 9 games. After one season at Garden City, he entered the transfer portal to play in the Big-10.

Notables

Riley was a three-star recruit in 2020 as the 14th strong-side defensive end. He committed to Nebraska in December 2019 and cut his weight from 335 pounds to 305 pounds. The 2020 season was shortened due to COVID-19, and Riley dealt with a knee injury.

He had one pressure and one tackle in 2020. He only played 63 defensive snaps in 2021 but was Academic-All-Big-Ten in 2021. His lack of usage at Nebraska prompted a transfer to Oregon for the 2022 season, where he bulked back up to 335 pounds for Oregon’s defense. [STATS]

 Strengths

• Massive sized individual
• Great length in an imposing frame - played at 338 and 305 - can cut if necessary
• Strong at the point of attack
• Solid overall run defender
• Can leverage his gap assignments - upside to play gap-and-a-half
• Has textbook stack, lock-out, and shed tape
• Plays Peak-A-Boo really well against base blocks
• Not easy to displace
• When he keeps his pad level and hips down, he has impressive anchor skills
• Has play strength to absorb double-teams when technique is utilized
• Ate blocks for Oregon to allow LBs to make plays on the football
• Solid ability to shed at the point of attack
• Solid eyes when he locks IOL out
• Long tackle radius
• Violent sure wrap-up tackler - had a 4.8% missed tackle rate in college
• Not a pass-rusher, but flashed club/swim a few times to separate
• Did the dirty work that didn’t show up on the stat sheet

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Weaknesses

• A Modest athlete who isn’t explosive
• Not very bendy
• Not very quick off the snap
• Plays high too often
• When the technique isn’t maximized, he gets pushed around more than he should
• Little to no upside as a pass rusher
• A two-down run-stuffer
• Pass-rushing moves are very long-developing and slow
• Technique consistency

Summary

Jordon Riley is a massive-sized interior defensive lineman who subscribes to the planet theory. His college football career was unconventional, as he played within four programs, and his first year of college football was in 2017. When he plays with good technique, he is a sure-tackling run defender who could earn a two-down role; however, his consistency from one snap to another must improve.

He doesn’t offer much as a pass-rusher, nor is he very explosive, but he can absorb blocks in the run game to allow linebackers to scrape and flow to the football. Riley is a developmental back-end roster player who may be destined for the practice squad early but will have the privilege of working under the tutelage of Andre Patterson - one of the best defensive line coaches in the NFL. 

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