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Will battle with senior Nate Longshore for the starting quarterback job through preseason camp.
2007: Entered the Armed Forces Bowl at the start of the second quarter with a 21-point deficit and directed the Bears to victory ... completed 16-of-19 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns to earn MVP honors ... also rushed four times for 19 yards and a touchdown in the bowl victory ... earned his first career start against Oregon State, filling in for injured starter Nate Longshore ... against the highly-rated OSU defense, completed 20 passes for 294 yards and a pair of touchdowns while also rushing for a score ... with the Bears pinned deep on their own six-yard line with 1:27 left in the game, drove Cal 84 yards completing a 4th-and-17 to Lavelle Hawkins and a 37-yard pass to Robert Jordan, before time ran out on the Bears.
2006: Redshirt.
High School: Considered the top player in Oregon as a senior by Rivals.com and SuperPrep magazine ... 2005 Gatorade Player of the Year in Oregon ... long list of awards and honors include prep All-America honors by PrepStar and SuperPrep ... sixth-ranked pro-style quarterback prospect in the country by Rivals.com and No. 18 in that category by Scout.com ... Rivals' postseason top 100 had him No. 51 ... at the prestigious EA Sports Elite 11 Quarterback Camp, he was ranked as the third-best prospect ... second-team all-state selection ... Long Beach Press-Telegram "Best in the West" honorable mention ... named as the Portland metro area player of the year after passing for 2,580 yards with just six interceptions on 239 attempts ... over the final two years of his prep career he had 55 touchdowns and just 12 picks ... Beavers were a combined 19-5 during his junior and senior seasons and made a state semifinal appearance during his junior year ... Tacoma News Tribune Northwest Blue Chip ... two-time team captain ... team MVP ... vice president of his class as a junior and senior.
Personal: Parents are Rhonda and Faustin Riley ... born January 27, 1987 ... father is the football coach at Beaverton High School ... plans to major in business.
Longshore's Career Passing Stats
| Year | G-GS | C-A | Pct | Yards | TD | INT | Long | Yds/G |
| 2007 | 4-1 | 36-56 | 64.3 | 563 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 140.8 |
