Austin Peay State University Athletics

Jackson Riley joined Jeff Faris’ staff as an offensive graduate assistant in July 2025.

Riley comes to Clarksville from Carson-Newman, where he was a graduate assistant for the Eagles, who went 9-3 and won the South Atlantic Conference Mountain Division title in 2024. 

Before working in college athletics, Riley was a four-year letterwinner at ETSU, 2020-23, where current Austin Peay tight ends coach George Quarles was the Buccaneers head coach from 2022-23.

Riley graduated from ETSU with a bachelor’s in kinesiology and exercise science in 2024.