Quincy Riley

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2024: 2 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

DB · Louisville · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 195 lb · Columbia, SC

CFB Index 76 · #50 of 327 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceNew Orleans — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 29, #131 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1315 nationally · Signed with A.C. Flora

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2024: 2 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to A.C. Flora in 2019.
Transferred from Middle Tennessee to Louisville in 2022.
Drafted round 4 by the New Orleans in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Louisville, 157 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #131 overall by New Orleans.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Recruited3-star out of A.C. Flora

20218 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAfirst

202210 games

Entered the portal

202410 games

All-ACCsecond

2025

Drafted by New Orleansround 4, pick 131

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1315 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #131

New Orleans · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2022

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

2023–2024

Jeff Brohm

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New OrleansEntering 2nd NFL season

#131Rd 4 · Pick 29

New OrleansEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2020Middle Tennessee3-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #50 of 327?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#38 / 2892 · 98th pct

Forced fumbles#12 / 700 · 95th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#993 / 2892 · 65th pct

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

Tackles#1219 / 2892 · 57th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.4	0.4	0.0	1.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	0.3	0.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #50 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #50 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Louisville	33	21	3.0	0.0	9	2	1
2023	Louisville	49	29	1.5	0.0	10	3	--
2022	Louisville	25	22	1.0	1.0	2	3	1
2021	Middle Tennessee	33	24	4.5	1.5	9	5	--
2020	Middle Tennessee	14	11	1.0	0.0	4	2	--
2019	Middle Tennessee	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		157	110	11.0	2.5	34	15	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 33–21

at Clemson

7 TOT · 5 SOLO · 2 TFL

With T. Shough — 156 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.1 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · I. Brown — 151 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week