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Riley

Vanderlinden WR/DB/DB

Class

2028

Height

5'11"

Weight

160

HS

Bondurant-Farrar

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Riley Vanderlinden

(@riley_vandy0) Bondurant-Farrar’s Riley VanderLinden is an interesting prospect who will likely receive looks to play offense or defense,...

Written by Oscar Galindo

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Oscar Galindo | Prep Redzone Scout

Oscar Galindo

Prep Redzone Nebraska Lead Scout

(@riley_vandy0)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Riley VanderLinden is an interesting prospect who will likely receive looks to play offense or defense, but for now, he projects best as a receiver. Riley had a tremendous freshman season, in which he not only led the team in receiving yards (39 catches, 617 yards, and five touchdowns) but also was the team’s leading rusher (64 carries, 397 yards, and three touchdowns). Vanderlinden also posted 22 tackles on defense. The biggest thing that stood out about Riley’s tape was his deep threat ability, especially how well he tracks the ball in the air and makes snap body adjustments when going up for the catch. VanderLinden’s explosiveness coming off the snap and his reported 4.49 40-yard speed allow him to eat up cushions from DBs and get vertical in a flash. Very reliable hands at the catch point and always seems to find a way to get his feet inbounds when making tough catches along the boundaries. You also need to be on alert if you see Riley lined up at QB because he was able to break off quite a few big runs, using his vision and burst to explode through running lanes for big gains. If Riley comes out firing like last season, I wouldn’t be surprised to see some offers headed his way!

Written 4 months ago

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