Riley Ferguson
Introduction
Riley Logan Ferguson (born January 19, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Memphis Tigers.
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.