2018 Football Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
6:30 p.m.
A’Shon Riggins
- Weight:
- 188
- Height:
- 6-0
- Position:
- DB
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hamilton, Ohio
- High School:
- Hamilton
2018 (Junior): Started five times and played in 11 at cornerback ... shared second on the team with three pass breakups ... totaled 20 tackles, 15 solo ... posted eight multi-stop games.
2017 (sophomore): Appeared in six games with three starts at cornerback ... made 14 tackles, nine solo, with five pass breakups (T-3rd on the team) ... recorded two multi-PBU games (at Virginia - 9/9, Rutgers - 11/18) ... posted a career-high seven tackles and matched his career-best with two pass breakups in the win at UVa.
2016 Honors: Honorable-mention BTN.com All-Freshman.
2016 (Freshman): Played in 12 games with eight starts at cornerback ... collected 37 tackles, 35 solo, with one sack, two tackles for loss, one interception (31 yards), nine pass breakups (2nd on the team) and one forced fumble ... recorded all of his passes defended (10) in Big Ten play, which shared sixth ... picked off the pass at No. 2 Ohio State (10/8), and added three solo stops and one PBU ... tallied his first career sack and forced fumble in the Ball State win (9/10) ... netted four tackles, one for loss, with one pass breakup in the victory at Rutgers (11/5) ... carded five stops, all solo, in the wins over No. 17 Michigan State (10/1), Maryland (10/29) and Purdue (11/26) ... posted two multi-PBU games with two apiece against the Spartans and No. 10 Penn State (11/10) ... two-time IU defensive player of the week (Ohio State, Rutgers).
Prep/Personal: Defensive back, wide receiver and quarterback for head coach Chad Murphy at Hamilton High School ... participated in the 2016 Ohio North-South All-Star Classic ... special mention all-state, Enquirer Media All-Star and first-team all-district as a senior ... first-team All-Greater Miami Conference his final two seasons ... finished 2015 with 41 tackles, one sack and one interception ... caught 52 passes for 805 yards (15.5 average) with six touchdowns ... rushed for 257 yards on 15 attempts (school record 17.1 average) with four TDs ... added 227 kick return yards ... holds the school single-game record with 10 receptions ... recorded three interceptions his junior year ... rated the No. 53 prospect in Ohio by Rivals and the No. 2 cornerback in Ohio by Scout ... also lettered in basketball ... all-district and all-conference selection was the team’s all-time assists leader and reached the 1,000-point mark ... parents are Shonika Brown and Charles Riggins ... liberal studies major ... born on Aug. 7, 1997.
