Hall of Fame
Riddle was a four-year starter at quarterback at Elon, posting a record of 30-16. He retired as the Phoenix's all-time career leader in completions (1,168), passing yards (13,264), passing touchdowns (106) and total offense (13,147). He helped lead the Phoenix to the FCS Playoffs for the first time in 2009 and the No. 3 ranking in the national polls before closing out that season with a top-10 ranking. Riddle is also the SoCon's all-time career leader in total offense, completions, passing touchdowns and passing yards in a single game (534) while also ranking second all-time on the SoCon's career total yards and career total touchdowns.
As a freshman in 2007, he was named SoCon Freshman of the Year by both the media and league's coaches and also was a second team All-SoCon pick. He was also tabbed the National Freshman of the Year by CollegeSportsReport.com and College Sporting News and was selected as first-team All-American by College Sporting News. In 2008, he repeated as a second team All-SoCon selection and became Elon's all-time leader in completions, passing attempts, passing yards, TD passes, touchdowns responsible for and total offensive yards. He also established a new SoCon career mark with 22 consecutive games throwing a touchdown pass. Riddle was a second team All-SoCon selection in 2009 and ranked 13th in the nation with 278.67 yards of total offense per game. His 278.75 passing yards per game rated seventh in the nation and he became the first quarterback in SoCon history to throw for more than 10,000 yards when he eclipsed the mark in the FCS Playoff game at then-No. 4 Richmond. As a senior, he earned first team All-SoCon accolades and was tabbed a third team All-American by Phil Steele. He also won the Elite QB Award from the College Football Performance awards. Riddle also lettered with the Elon baseball team for two seasons.
