Tight end, Tennessee, 2010–12
Mychal Rivera
- Number
- No. 81
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Valencia, CA
- Born
- Sep 8, 1990, in Los Angeles, California
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Mychal Rivera played tight end at Tennessee (2010–12). The Oakland Raiders took Rivera in round 6, No. 184 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10catches, career highvs. Missouri, 2012129receiving yards, career highvs. Missouri, 2012Honors
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2012 Tennessee 12 games, 36 catches, 562 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. NC State | W 35–21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Georgia State | W 51–13 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 23 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Florida | L 20–37 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 20 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Akron | W 47–26 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 24 |
| Sep 29 | at Georgia | L 44–51 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 62 |
| Oct 13 | at Mississippi State | L 31–41 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Alabama | L 13–44 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 43 |
| Oct 27 | at South Carolina | L 35–38 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 27 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Troy | W 55–48 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Missouri | L 48–51 | 10 | 129 | 1 | 28 |
| Nov 17 | at Vanderbilt | L 18–41 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Kentucky | W 37–17 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 29 |
2011 Tennessee 10 games, 29 catches, 344 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. Cincinnati | W 45–23 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 12 |
| Sep 17 | atFlorida | L 23–33 | 5 | 71 | 1 | 20 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Buffalo | W 41–10 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 17 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Georgia | L 12–20 | 5 | 85 | 0 | 19 |
| Oct 22 | atAlabama | L 6–37 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Oct 29 | vs.South Carolina | L 3–14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 24–0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 15 |
| Nov 12 | at Arkansas | L 7–49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 27–21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Nov 26 | atKentucky | L 7–10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
2010 Tennessee 7 games, 11 catches, 112 yards
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (South team, won 21–16).
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¼″ |
| Weight | 242 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ |
| Hand size | 10¼″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.81 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.66 sW |
| Vertical jump | 31″ |
| Broad jump | 9′4″ |
| Bench press | 17 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.17 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.43 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 57 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 38 | 407 | 4 |
| 2014 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 58 | 534 | 4 |
| 2015 | Oakland Raiders | 15 | 32 | 280 | 1 |
| 2016 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 18 | 192 | 1 |
| NFL career | 57 | 146 | 1,413 | 10 | |
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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