Riley Ridley

Former wide receiver at Georgia. 2018: 44 catches, 570 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Georgia · Jr. · #8

6′2″ · 200 lb · Coconut Creek, FL

Chicago — drafted 2019, Rd 4, Pick 24, #126 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 227 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Georgia. 2018: 44 catches, 570 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2016.
Drafted round 4 by the Chicago in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia, 1,026 receiving yards — drafted at #126 overall by Chicago.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td vs Georgia Tech.Georgia Tech · W 45-212018

20166 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Deerfield Beach

2019

Drafted by Chicagoround 4, pick 126

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#227 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #126

Chicago · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 8th NFL season

#126Rd 4 · Pick 24

ChicagoEntering 8th NFL season

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2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kirby Smart — 32-10 over that span.

2016Georgia8-5HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2017Georgia13-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2018Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (93rd percentile). Concern: long catch (24th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#29 / 550 · 93rd pct

Receptions#157 / 550 · 71st pct

Rec yards#169 / 550 · 69th pct

570

Yards / catch#276 / 550 · 49th pct

13.0

Long catch#416 / 550 · 24th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home10g	2.9	33.4	12.0	0.7
Road4g	3.8	59.0	16.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.8	49.8	13.4	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	28.7	12.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia	44	570	13.0	9	--
2017	Georgia	14	218	15.6	2	--
2016	Georgia	12	238	19.8	2	--
Career		70	1,026	14.7	13	--

Season	Team
2018	Georgia	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Georgia	1	5	--	--	--
2016	Georgia	3	41	--	--	--
Career		4	46	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 27–10

vs Auburn

1 rec · 19 yds

With D. Swift — 186 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · J. Fromm — 193 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 5 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week