Riley Yaker

2025 (Junior): The linebacker appeared in seven games for the Jumbos...Made 41 total tackles with 16 unassisted as well as one TFL and 0.5 sacks...Registered six total tackles and 0.5 TFL in a 22-20 victory versus Wesleyan...Collected eight total tackles with four unassisted in a 30-14 loss at Amherst...Notched eight total tackles with three unassisted in a 35-28 loss against Bates...Tallied nine total tackles and 0.5 TFL in a 33-30 overtime loss at Middlebury...Tufts finished the season with a 4-5 record 2024 (Sophomore): The linebacker appeared in nine games for the Jumbos...Made 21 total tackles with 11 unassisted as well as three QB hits, one TFL, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery...Notched three QB hits and two total tackles in a 20-9 loss at Wesleyan...Collected three solo tackles in a 45-22 win at Bates...Tallied a career-high six total tackles, three unassisted, one TFL, one forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in a 28-21 win at Colby...Tufts finished the season with a 7-2 record 2023 (Freshman): Appeared in five games for the Jumbos...Made his collegiate debut against Trinity College...Finished the season with four total tackles...Recorded his first solo tackle in a 44-16 win against Bates on September 23...Added three more tackles against Wesleyan in a Jumbos 49-14 win...The Jumbos finished the season 6-3, with a third place finish in the NESCAC. PRIOR TO TUFTS: Was a member of the football, bowling and track squads at Lakeridge High School...earned two letters for the football team, while also lettering in bowling and track...named All-Three Rivers League in football...part of a state qualifying squad in bowling...earned All-TRL in 100m, 200m, 4x100m and 4x400m....helped track squad to a league title...Lakeridge HS Honor Roll. PERSONAL: Son of James and Kricken Yaker...two siblings, Liam and Beckett...undecided major...father James played football at Wesleyan University...cousen Sam Handley played lacrosse at University of Pennsylvania and plays for PLL Chrome Lacrosse...cousin Colt Bordonaro was a lacrosse player at Babson College...gradfather Clayton Hering played football and lacrosse at Dartmouth...chose Tufts "for its preeminent academics and athletics; I always knew I wanted to get away from home and move to a big city... Boston has everything to offer. Coach Civetti and the rest of the staff believed in my abilities and I could not be happier with the end result."