Last confirmed: Ohio State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Massillon, OH · Washington
Gareon Conley: CB · Ohio State · #8.
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Gareon Conley
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Second year in the Ohio State secondary. On tape: 3 tackles against Northwestern, Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 8 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ohio State | 26 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 |
| 2015 | Ohio State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 26 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 77-10vs Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-3vs Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-24@ No. 14 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-0vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17vs Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-23@ No. 8 Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-20vs Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 62-3vs No. 9 Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-3@ Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-16@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27vs No. 3 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 0-31@ No. 3 Clemson | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
31%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
26tackles this season26 tackles · 8 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under Urban Meyer — 23-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
41.5%
407 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
75.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ohio State, 26 tackles — drafted at #24 overall by the Oakland Raiders.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Urban Meyer.
Where he ended up · NFL
Oakland RaidersEntering 10th NFL season
Oakland RaidersEntering 10th NFL season
