Riley Ware

==Early life and college==

==Early life and college==

Riley Ware III was born in 1966 or 1967,<ref name="seek"/> and grew up in [[Fort Myers, Florida]].<ref name="NFL">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175806883/ | title=Cypress grad Ware takes shot at NFL career | work=[[The News-Press|News-Press]] | date=April 28, 1991 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Cristodero, Damian | pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175806909/ 9B]}}</ref><ref name="pfa">{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/w/ware00785.html | title=Riley Ware | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=3 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/175815626/ | title=Western, Eastern fire up for classic confrontation in I-AA playoffs | work=[[The Courier-Journal]] | date=December 1, 1988 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Branch, Bruce, W. | pages=E5}}</ref> He played [[high school football]] and basketball at [[Cypress Lake High School]] in [[Cypress Lake, Florida]]. Ware was named to the ''[[The News-Press]]'' All-Southwest Florida basketball team. He graduated from Cypress Lake in 1985.<ref name="NFL"/>

Riley Ware III was born in 1966 or 1967,<ref name="seek"/> and grew up in [[Fort Myers, Florida]].<ref name="NFL">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175806883/ | title=Cypress grad Ware takes shot at NFL career | work=[[The News-Press|News-Press]] | date=April 28, 1991 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Cristodero, Damian | pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175806909/ 9B]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/175815626/ | title=Western, Eastern fire up for classic confrontation in I-AA playoffs | work=[[The Courier-Journal]] | date=December 1, 1988 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Branch, Bruce, W. | pages=E5}}</ref> He played [[high school football]] and basketball at [[Cypress Lake High School]] in [[Cypress Lake, Florida]]. Ware was named to the ''[[The News-Press]]'' All-Southwest Florida basketball team. He graduated from Cypress Lake in 1985.<ref name="NFL"/>

In April 1985, Ware verbally committed to play [[college football]] for the [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers]] of [[Western Kentucky University]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175821825/ | title=Brown-bound ... | work=[[The News-Press|News-Press]] | date=April 21, 1985 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Wilkie, Donnie | pages=6C}}</ref> He was [[redshirted]] in 1985 and was on the main roster from 1986 to 1989.<ref name="Det"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader/175821958/ | title=Western Kentucky roster | work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]] | date=August 31, 1986 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | pages=6}}</ref> Ware missed part of the 1986 season due to [[appendicitis]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/175821899/ | title=Western could be getting close to recapturing some old magic | work=[[The Courier-Journal]] | date=August 24, 1986 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Terhune, Jim | pages=10}}</ref> He was a two-year [[letterman (sports)|letterman]] from 1988 to 1989.<ref name="pfa"/> In November 1988, Ware reported to police that an amplifier and a case of cassettes, altogether worth $565, had been stolen from his 1988 [[Nissan]] that was parked in a college parking lot.<ref name="car">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/175822436/ | title=One treated when car hits cow | work=[[The Park City Daily News]] | date=November 21, 1988 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | pages=3}}</ref> $150 worth of damage was also done to the Nissan.<ref name="car"/> Ware started seven games his senior year in 1989 and posted 26 tackles.<ref name="NFL"/> He graduated from Kentucky with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in business administration in May 1991.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175815695/ | title=Graduates | work=[[The News-Press|News-Press]] | date=September 3, 1991 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | pages=4B}}</ref><ref name="NFL"/> In August 1995, ''[[The Park City Daily News]]'' named Ware as an honorable mention on its 1985–1995 Western Kentucky All-Decade team.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/175807053/ | title=Medley's All-10-Year WKU Football Team | work=[[The Park City Daily News]] | date=August 31, 1995 | accessdate=3 July 2025}}</ref>

In April 1985, Ware verbally committed to play [[college football]] for the [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers]] of [[Western Kentucky University]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175821825/ | title=Brown-bound ... | work=[[The News-Press|News-Press]] | date=April 21, 1985 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Wilkie, Donnie | pages=6C}}</ref> He was [[redshirted]] in 1985 and was on the main roster from 1986 to 1989.<ref name="Det"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader/175821958/ | title=Western Kentucky roster | work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]] | date=August 31, 1986 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | pages=6}}</ref> Ware missed part of the 1986 season due to [[appendicitis]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/175821899/ | title=Western could be getting close to recapturing some old magic | work=[[The Courier-Journal]] | date=August 24, 1986 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | author=Terhune, Jim | pages=10}}</ref> He was a two-year [[letterman (sports)|letterman]] from 1988 to 1989.<ref name="pfa"/> In November 1988, Ware reported to police that an amplifier and a case of cassettes, altogether worth $565, had been stolen from his 1988 [[Nissan]] that was parked in a college parking lot.<ref name="car">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/175822436/ | title=One treated when car hits cow | work=[[The Park City Daily News]] | date=November 21, 1988 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | pages=3}}</ref> $150 worth of damage was also done to the Nissan.<ref name="car"/> Ware started seven games his senior year in 1989 and posted 26 tackles.<ref name="NFL"/> He graduated from Kentucky with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in business administration in May 1991.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press/175815695/ | title=Graduates | work=[[The News-Press|News-Press]] | date=September 3, 1991 | accessdate=3 July 2025 | pages=4B}}</ref><ref name="NFL"/> In August 1995, ''[[The Park City Daily News]]'' named Ware as an honorable mention on its 1985–1995 Western Kentucky All-Decade team.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/175807053/ | title=Medley's All-10-Year WKU Football Team | work=[[The Park City Daily News]] | date=August 31, 1995 | accessdate=3 July 2025}}</ref>