Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 70-20vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#12
Ja'Marley Riddle
Junior safety on Georgia's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Kingsland, GA · Camden County
CFB Index 80 · #43 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred East Carolina → Georgia for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1726 nationally · Signed with East Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Georgia's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2024.
- Transferred from East Carolina to Georgia in 2026.
Ja'Marley Riddle
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Ja'Marley Riddle has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-AAC. The receipt: 4 tackles against Western Kentucky — Week 2, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
202413 games
- Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Camden County
202512 games
- All-AACfirst
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Georgia
Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Georgia
2025East Carolina
2026Georgia
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2026Georgia2-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | East Carolina | 70 | 38 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | East Carolina | 63 | 27 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Career | 137 | 68 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ja'Marley Riddle’s 2024 season.
77%match
Matches Ja'Marley on
Interceptions
Weight
PD rate
Differs from Ja'Marley on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Zach Lutmer's sophomore season at Iowa (2025).
86%match
All-Big Ten
Matches Zach on
Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Ja'Marley Riddle
Background
2024-25 (East Carolina): Played first two seasons at East Carolina…247sports three-star transfer prospect…ranked as the #400 overall transfer prospect and #31 safety prospect…On3.com three-star transfer prospect…ranked as the #671 overall transfer prospect and the #57 safety prospect…as a sophomo...
The secondary · Georgia
- #4KJ Bolden77 tackles · 2025
- #12Ja'Marley Riddle70 tackles · 2025
- #7Khalil Barnes40 tackles · 2025
- #2Zion Branch28 tackles · 2025
- #8Demello Jones24 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Georgia team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology