John Ridgeway
(John Robert Ridgeway III)
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1999 (27 years old)
Bloomington, Illinois, USAPosition
Defensive Tackle
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White
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95
Height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight
321 lb (146 kg)
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New Orleans Saints
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John Robert Ridgeway III (born May 7, 1999) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois State Redbirds and Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL draft. Ridgeway has also played for the Washington Commanders.
Early life
Ridgeway grew up in Bloomington, Illinois, and attended Bloomington High School. At Bloomington, he played offensive tackle and defensive tackle on the football team, competed in the shot put and discus on the track and field team, and was a four-year letter winner on the wrestling team. Ridgeway was named first-team All-Big Twelve Conference on offense and first-team All-State on defense as a senior. He also won the state heavyweight wrestling championship.
College career
Ridgeway began his collegiate career at Illinois State, where he redshirted as a true freshman. During his redshirt season he focused on the defensive tackle position after initially being recruited to play on the offensive line. Ridgeway was named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) All-Newcomer team as a redshirt freshman after recording 30 tackles with one sack. He had 22 tackles with three tackles for loss and was named first-team All-MVFC in his redshirt junior season, which was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. After the season, he transferred to Arkansas.
Ridgeway was named the Razorback's starting nose guard going into the 2021 season, but missed the season opener due to an appendectomy. He finished the season with 39 tackles, two sacks and four tackles for loss, helping Arkansas finish 9–4 and ranked #21 in the AP Poll for the season after winning the 2022 Outback Bowl over Penn St. Ridgeway declared for the 2022 NFL draft after the end of the season.
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| Pass Defended | NFL | 2024 | 1 |
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| Block | NFL | 2024 | 1 |
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| Tackle For a loss | NFL | 2024 | 1 |
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| Tackle Assists | NFL | 2024 | 7 |
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| Total Tackles | NFL | 2024 | 8 |
| Pass Defended | NFL | 2023 | 1 |
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| Tackle Assists | NFL | 2023 | 15 |
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| Total Tackles | NFL | 2023 | 16 |
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| Turnover Forced Fumbles | NFL | 2022 | 1 |
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| Tackle Assists | NFL | 2022 | 10 |
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| Total Tackles | NFL | 2022 | 5 |
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