Riley Sharp

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Position:
Outside Linebacker
Height:
6-6
Year:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Salt Lake City, Utah
High School:
Skyline

2022 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Played in all 13 games, making three starts
• Finished with 18 tackles, including 4.5 tackles for loss and three sacks with two forced fumbles
• Posted a season-high four tackles in the season opener against Boise State, adding an 8-yard tackle for loss. Also forced a fumble versus the Broncos
• Recorded a 5-yard sack against USC
• Tallied back-to-back two-tackle efforts against Stanford and Washington State, and had a 1-yard TFL versus the Cougars and forced a fumble
• Finished with a 24-yard sack against California
• Credited with half a TFL against Florida in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl

2021 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in and started all 13 games. Tallied 45 tackles with six tackles for loss, three sacks and one pass deflection
• Finished with two tackles for loss - for 14 yards - in the win over Idaho. One of the two TFLs went for a sack
• Picked up sacks in wins over Hawai’i and USC. Sack versus the Trojans went for 15 yards
• Intercepted a pass and finished with three tackles against Hawai’i
• Totaled five tackles at Colorado
• Posted two tackles and half a TFL at Washington State
• Picked up five tackles in the win over Arizona State
• Posted five tackles in the regular season finale at Oregon
• Finished the season with five tackles against Utah State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl
• Recorded five tackles in the opener at Purdue
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

2020 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in all seven games, making one start
• Finished with 10 tackles and one pass breakup
• Totaled three tackles twice - against California and at Utah
• Member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

2019 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in all 12 games, making seven starts
• Recorded 35 tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, a fumble recovery and three pass breakups
• Became (along with Hamilcar Rashed Jr.) the first Beaver to record three sacks in a game since 2012 when he did so in the win at California
• Had 1.5 tackles for loss against Utah and one versus Arizona
• Picked up five tackles four times: against Cal Poly, California, Arizona and Arizona State
• Member of the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll

2018 (FRESHMAN)
• Joined the program early in the season after returning from a mission. Played in four games, redshirting

SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for head coach Justin Thompson
• Played both outside linebacker and tight end at Skyline. Started since his sophomore season
• Earned first-team all-state honors and served as team captain
• Also competed in rugby and lacrosse

PERSONAL
• Son of Jeanie and David Sharp
• Has two brothers, Colby and Evan, and one sister, Jasmine
• Graduate with a degree in marketing
• Chose Oregon State because “I felt Oregon State wanted the best and provided the best for me to excel as a student-athlete.”