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2025 Football Roster

31 Riley Simpson

31 Riley Simpson

  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-9 / 190
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Winter Park (Fla.)
  • Hometown:
    North Tonawanda, N.Y.

Summary

Biography

2024: Earned third varsity letter...Academic All-GLIAC honoree...Played in all 13 games...Recorded 20 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss...Notched two or more tackles in seven games...Tallied three tackles and one tackle for loss at CSU-Pueblo (9/14)...Recorded three tackles versus Wayne State (11/2)...Recorded two tackles versus Indianpolis (11/23) in NCAA playoffs. 

2023: Earned second varsity letter…Earned Academic All-GLIAC honors…Tallied 20 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss (-6)…Recorded four tackles at Northern Michigan (10/7)…Notched a career-high eight tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss (-6) at Northern Michigan…Tallied seven stops at Wayne State (11/4).

2022: Academic All-GLIAC…Earned first varsity letter…Saw action as a reserve safety.

2021: Redshirted

High School: Prepped at Winter Park (FL) High School…Played for Rich Robbins…Recorded 30 tackles, four interceptions and three pass breakups as a senior…Selected to the Cure Classic All-Star Team and Shrine Bowl All-star Game…Notched 57 tackles, four interceptions, and six pass breakups as a junior…Capped off the year with a State Championship…Named first-team all-conference, all-area and all-county his junior season…As a sophomore recorded 33 tackles, three interceptions and four pass breakups…Received all-conference honors…Career stats of 120 tackles, 13 pass breakups and 11 interceptions...Son of former GVSU linebacker coach Chris Simpson who now coaches at Kansas.
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2025
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Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    DB
    5'9" 181 lbs
  • 31

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    DB
    5'9" 181 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2023Sophomore

    DB
    5'9" 190 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2024Junior

    LB
    5'9" 190 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2025Senior

    LB
    5'9" 190 lbs
    31