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American football player (born 1995)

American football player
Riley Ferguson
No. 4
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1995-01-19) January 19, 1995 (age 29)
Matthews, North Carolina
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:David W. Butler
(Matthews, North Carolina)
College:Tennessee (2013)
Coffeyville (2015)
Memphis (2016–2017)
Undrafted:2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Stats at Pro Football Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Riley Logan Ferguson (born January 19, 1995) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Memphis.

Early years

Ferguson attended David W. Butler High School in Matthews, North Carolina. He had 2,173 passing yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior and 3,345 yards and 48 touchdowns as a junior. He committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football.

College career

As a freshman at Tennessee in 2013, Ferguson competed with Justin Worley, Nathan Peterman and Joshua Dobbs for the starting quarterback job. Ferguson suffered a leg injury during practice and took a medical redshirt. He was again competing for the starting job in 2014, but left the school in May 2014.

Ferguson enrolled at Coffeyville Community College in 2015. In his one season at Coffeyville, he passed for 2,942 yards and had 35 touchdowns. He transferred to the University of Memphis in 2016. Ferguson was named the starter his first year at Memphis. In 13 starts, he threw for 3,698 yards and broke Paxton Lynch's previous years record with 32 touchdown passes.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 2+3⁄4 in
(1.90 m) 		212 lb
(96 kg) 		30+7⁄8 in
(0.78 m) 		9+5⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		 4.98 s 4.40 s 6.96 s 29.0 in
(0.74 m)		 9 ft 2 in
(2.79 m)
All values from NFL Combine

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Ferguson, after finishing his senior year, entered the 2018 NFL draft. Despite having the potential to be a sixth or seventh round pick, he went undrafted. He signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2018. On May 17, the Buccaneers waived Ferguson.

References

  1. Wertz Jr., Langston (May 9, 2015). "Ex-Butler star Riley Ferguson battles to restart his career". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  2. Brown, Patrick (June 14, 2012). "QB Riley Ferguson, linebacker Zach Barnes commit to UT". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  3. Brown, Patrick (March 1, 2013). "Riley Ferguson embraces Vols' quarterback battle". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  4. Megargee, Steve (August 1, 2013). "Pair of freshmen in Tennessee's QB mix". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  5. Climer, David (March 13, 2014). "Tennessee Vols fans hope Riley Ferguson can fill need at QB". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  6. Fleming, Larry (May 28, 2014). "Quarterback Riley Ferguson Apparently Leaving UT Football Team". Chattanoogan.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  7. Climer, David (May 31, 2014). "Vols rarely hurt by QB transfers". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  8. Calkins, Geoff (August 26, 2016). "Riley Ferguson: From Tennessee Vol to fence builder to Memphis QB". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  9. Calkins, Geoff (August 26, 2016). "After fall and rise, Riley Ferguson 'blessed' to be Memphis Tigers' QB". Commercial Appeal. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  10. Schad, Tom (March 30, 2016). "'Long road' to Memphis prepared former Vols QB Riley Ferguson for opportunity". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  11. James, Jordan (August 22, 2016). "Memphis names former Tennessee QB Riley Ferguson starter". 247Sports. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  12. Calkins, Geoff (August 4, 2016). "New Tiger QB? Riley Ferguson says he's up to the challenge". Commercial Appeal. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  13. Schad, Tom (April 20, 2017). "Riley Ferguson's leadership standing out at Memphis". Commercial Appeal. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  14. "Riley Ferguson Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  15. Gallant, Jacob (April 29, 2018). "Ferguson goes undrafted, but signs deal with Buccaneers". wmcactionnews5.com. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  16. Greer, Jarvis (May 17, 2018). "Ferguson cut by Buccaneers". wect.com. Retrieved May 31, 2018.

External links

Memphis Tigers starting quarterbacks
  • James Armstrong (1956)
  • Jim Leonard (1957)
  • Fred Hearn (1958)
  • Nick Buoni (1959)
  • James Earl Wright (1960–1961)
  • Russell Vollmer (1962–1963)
  • Billy Fletcher (1964–1965)
  • Terry Padgett (1966–1967)
  • Danny Pierce (1968–1969)
  • Rick Strawbridge (1970)
  • John Robinson (1971)
  • Al Harvey (1972)
  • Joe Bruner (1973)
  • David Fowler (1974)
  • Lloyd Patterson (1975–1978)
  • Kevin Betts (1979)
  • Darrell Martin (1980)
  • Tom Smith (1981)
  • Trell Hooper (1982)
  • Danny Sparkman (1983–1985)
  • Andy Whitwell (1986)
  • Tom Branner (1986)
  • Tim Jones (1986–1989)
  • Rusty Trail (1987–1989)
  • Gary Bouldin (1990)
  • Keith Benton (1990–1991)
  • Steve Matthews (1992–1993)
  • Tony Scarpino (1993–1994)
  • Joe Borich (1994–1995)
  • Qadry Anderson (1995–1996)
  • Bernard Oden (1995, 1997)
  • Kenton Evans (1998)
  • Neil Suber (1998–2001)
  • Travis Anglin (1999–2001)
  • Scott Scherer (2000)
  • Danny Wimprine (2001–2004)
  • Patrick Byrne (2005)
  • Will Hudgens (2005–2009)
  • Billy Barefield (2005)
  • Maurice Avery (2005)
  • Martin Hankins (2006–2007)
  • Arkelon Hall (2008–2009)
  • Brett Toney (2008)
  • Tyler Bass (2009)
  • Ryan Williams (2010)
  • Andy Summerlin (2011)
  • Taylor Reed (2011)
  • Skylar Jones (2011)
  • Jacob Karam (2012)
  • Paxton Lynch (2013–2015)
  • Riley Ferguson (2016–2017)
  • Brady White (2018–2020)
  • Seth Henigan (2021–2024)
  • Peter Parrish (2021)
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