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2019 Football Roster
Riley Whimpey
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 233
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
- High School:
- San Clemente HS
- CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2020-21)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2021-22)
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2022)
- 2x CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 (2020-21, 2021-22)
- William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist (2021)
- 4x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- 3x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
- 2x All-Mountain West Second Team (2019-20)
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2021)
BOISE STATE CAREER
5TH YEAR (2021): Started 10 of the 12 games in which he appeared…finished second on the team in tackles (71) and solo tackles (42)...recorded 3.0 tackles-for-loss, two quarterback hurries, one sack, one pass breakup and forced a fumble…recorded six tackles, including three solo, and forced a fumble against Oklahoma State (Sept. 18)...fist forced fumble since the 2019 season-opening win over Florida State…made a career-high seven solo tackles against Air Force (Oct. 16)...registered his sixth-career sack and first of the season at Fresno State (Nov. 6).
SENIOR (2020): Started all seven games...had a sack among his seven tackles (six solo) against Utah State (Oct. 24)...finished with seven tackles (two solo) at Air Force (Oct. 31)...made a pair of tackles-for-loss among his team-high nine tackles against BYU (Nov. 6)...posted a career-high 14 tackles, with three going for loss, against Colorado State (Nov. 12).
JUNIOR (2019): Named to the All-Mountain West Second Team...started all 14 games...led the team in tackles (83), while also picking up 2.0 sacks and 7.0 tackles-for-loss...broke up seven passes and recovered a fumble...forced a fumble and made five tackles (three solo) at Florida State (Aug. 31)...picked up a sack among his three tackles (two solo) against Marshall (Sept. 6)...made 10 tackles (two solo) against Air Force (Sept. 20)...shared the team lead with seven tackles at UNLV (Oct. 5)...recovered a fumble and made three tackles (two solo) against Hawai'i (Oct. 12)...broke up two passes at BYU (Oct. 19)...made 1.5 tackles-for-loss among his four total tackles at San José State (Nov. 2)...had two tackles-for-loss among his 12 tackles (four solo) against Wyoming (Nov. 9)...recorded a sack among his four solo tackles at Utah State (Nov. 23)...led the Broncos with 10 tackles (two solo), shared a tackle-for-loss, broke up a pass against Hawai'i in the Mountain West Championship Game (Dec. 7)...made 11 tackles, including one for loss, against Washington (Dec. 21).
SOPHOMORE (2018): Started all nine games in which he appeared...made four tackles (two solo) in the opener at Troy (Sept. 1)...shared team lead with five tackles against UConn (Sept. 8)...recovered a fumble and made his first-career sack while posting six tackles (two solo) against San Diego State (Oct. 6)...shared team lead with seven tackles at Nevada, including a tackle-for-loss (Oct. 13)...led the Broncos with nine tackles (four solo) against Colorado State (Oct. 19)...made a career-high 13 tackles (five solo), including a sack and 1.5 tackles-for-loss, at Air Force (Oct. 27)...had seven tackles (three solo) against BYU (Nov. 3).
FRESHMAN (2017): Appeared in 12 games...finished the season with 17 tackles (seven solo)...had a tackle-for-loss among his four tackles (three solo) in his collegiate debut against Troy (Sept. 2)...Collected a career-high five tackles (one solo) at Utah State (Oct. 29)...made two tackles vs. Nevada (Nov. 4)...tallied two tackles (one solo) at Colorado State (Nov. 11).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Initially signed with the Broncos in 2015, and went on a two-year church mission...three-star recruit per Scout.com rated No. 15 in California and No. 24 in the West Region at outside linebacker...named CIF Southern Section Southwest Division Co-Defensive Player of the Year while claiming the same honor from the Sea View League...earned spot on All-Orange County First Team from the Orange County Register...set the San Clemente record with 172 tackles over 14 games in 2014, leading the Tritons to the league title...spent first three years as a prep at Lone Peak High School in Utah...recorded 101 tackles for Lone Peak in 2013 as the team reached the 5A state semifinals...named to Utah's 5A All-State Second Team as well as first-team academic all-region as a junior...older brothers Kevin and Kyle played at Utah State.
