Kevin Riley (born January 27, 1987) is a former American football quarterback for the California Golden Bears.

He was named Portland metro area player of the year after passing for 2,580 yards with just six interceptions on 239 attempts.

Riley made his first career start for the injured Nate Longshore in California's homecoming game against Oregon State.

He only played during the first half of the Bears' 66-3 rout of Washington State, which allowed the backup players to get some starting time.

This resulted in the starting quarterback position being reopened by head coach Jeff Tedford for the following week against Arizona State on October 4.

He threw for 101 yards, including three touchdown passes, in the Bears' 37-16 victory over the Cardinal and reclaiming of the Stanford Axe.

Riley was expected to compete for the starting quarterback position in 2009 with redshirt freshman Brock Mansion.

Although was replaced in the fourth quarter by Beau Sweeney, the Bears could only muster a field goal to Oregon's 42 points.

Two weeks later against UCLA, Riley bounced back, leading the Bears to a 45-26 victory in which he threw for 205 yards and three touchdowns.

Cal narrowly defeated the Sun Devils 23-21, with Riley throwing for 351 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Cal entered the Big Game against Stanford as the underdog on November 21, hanging on to pull off a 34-28 upset in which Riley threw for 235 yards and a touchdown.

The regular season ended for Riley on a sour note, with an upset by Washington in which he was sacked five times, despite throwing for a score and 215 yards.

Riley sustained a season-ending injury to his left knee when he was hit low during an October 30 road game against Oregon State and had to be helped from the field.