Gareon Conley in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Ohio State, 2013–⁠16

Gareon Conley

Number
No. 8
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Massillon, OH
Born
Jun 29, 1995, in Massillon, Ohio

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Gareon Conley played cornerback at Ohio State (2013–⁠16). The Oakland Raiders took Conley in the first round, No. 24 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2016
Second-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 24
Overall, 2017 NFL Draft (Oakland Raiders)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2015Ohio State––––2––
2016Ohio State262100480
Career262100680

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Ohio State8CB
2014Ohio State8CB
2015Ohio State8CB
2016Ohio State8CB6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2016 Ohio State 13 games, 26 tackles, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Bowling GreenW 77–⁠10220001
Sep 10vs.TulsaW 48–⁠3330010
Sep 17atOklahomaW 45–⁠24110001
Oct 1vs.RutgersW 58–⁠0220000
Oct 8vs.IndianaW 38–⁠17000002
Oct 15atWisconsinW 30–⁠23320011
Oct 22atPenn StateL 21–⁠24210001
Oct 29vs.NorthwesternW 24–⁠20320000
Nov 5vs.NebraskaW 62–⁠3110001
Nov 12atMarylandW 62–⁠3110000
Nov 19atMichigan StateW 17–⁠16100010
Nov 26vs.MichiganW 30–⁠27110001
Dec 31 ✦vs.ClemsonL 0–⁠31650010
2015 Ohio State 2 games, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 12vs.Hawai’iW 38–⁠0––––1–
Oct 24atRutgersW 49–⁠7––––1–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′0″
Weight195 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan76″W
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.53 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′9″
Bench press11 reps
3-cone drill6.68 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 30 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2017Oakland Raiders2600
2018Oakland Raiders143703
2019Houston Texans144801
NFL career309104

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2024UFLDC Defenders
2026–UFLDC Defenders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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