Linebacker, USC, 2004–07
Keith Rivers
Lettered 2004–07 (school media guide)
- Hometown
- Lake Mary, FL
- Born
- May 5, 1986, in San Bernardino, California
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Keith Rivers played linebacker at USC (2004–07). The Cincinnati Bengals took Rivers in the first round, No. 9 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
- Best season
- 2006
- First-team All-Pac-10
Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2004
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Washington State): the source has no box score for it. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 35 | 17 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2005 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15 | at Notre Dame | W 34–31 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Washington State, so that game is not listed.
2004 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 | vs. Washington | W 38–0 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Combine or pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¼″ | |
| Weight | 241 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 11″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 42″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′7″ | |
| Bench press | 24 reps | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 59 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Cincinnati Bengals | 6 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 63 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | New York Giants | 11 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | New York Giants | 13 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 59 | 244 | 3 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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