#18

Cam Riley

Former linebacker at Florida State. 2024: 37 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Florida State · Sr. · #18

6′5″ · 237 lb · Evergreen, AL

CFB Index 38 · #390 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceFlorida State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 338 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Florida State. 2024: 37 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida State, 155 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20203 games

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Hillcrest

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#338 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Mike Norvell

Florida State

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Auburn6-5HC: Kevin Steele · Balanced

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy

2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy

2024Florida State2-10HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

38Below cohort / limited sample #390 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles#1043 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1114 / 2892 · 60th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road5g	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.7	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #390 of 571 LBs

Former four-star. Now #390 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida State	37	19	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2023	Auburn	31	17	3.5	2.5	1	--	--
2022	Auburn	64	38	3.5	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Auburn	14	9	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Auburn	9	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		155	87	12.0	3.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 14–9

vs California

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With A. Mastromanno — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · D. Uiagalelei — 177 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.0 · 11 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Georgia Tech	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	L 12-20vs Memphis	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 14-9vs California	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 16-42@ SMU	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 13-29vs Clemson	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 16-23@ Duke	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 14-36@ Miami	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 11-35vs North Carolina	5	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 3-52@ Notre Dame	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 41-7vs Charleston Southern	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 11-31vs Florida	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		37	19	4.0	1.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Cam Riley

20203 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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