With the Los Angeles Chargers, 2017. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, NC State, 2000–⁠03

Philip Rivers

Lettered 2000–⁠03 (school media guide)

Born: Dec 8, 1981, in Decatur, Alabama

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Philip Rivers played quarterback at NC State (2000–⁠03). He finished seventh in the 2003 Heisman vote. The New York Giants took Rivers in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 2004 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2003; ACC Offensive Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year and 2 more
National rank: No. 1; In the nation in passer rating, 2003
Drafted: No. 4; Overall, 2004 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

Season	Passing							Rushing
Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2000	237	441	53.7	3,054	25	10	126.1	73	-87	-1.2	2
2001	240	368	65.2	2,586	16	7	134.8	44	-26	-0.6	2
2002	262	418	62.7	3,353	20	10	141.1	57	100	1.8	10
2003	348	483	72.0	4,491	34	7	170.5	78	109	1.4	3
Career	1,087	1,710		13,484	95	34		252	96		17

From the college statistics table in Rivers’s Wikipedia article (Philip Rivers, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

MVP of the 2004 Senior Bowl.

Drill	Combine 2004
Height	6′5″
Weight	229 lb
Arm length	32⅛″
Hand size	9¼″
40-yard dash	4.95 s
Vertical jump	32½″
Broad jump	9′0″
3-cone drill	7.34 s
20-yard shuttle	4.34 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

18 seasons, 247 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Pro Bowls: 8 (2006, 2009–⁠11, 2013, 2016–⁠18)

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
2004	San Diego Chargers	2	5	8	33	1	0	−5
2005	San Diego Chargers	2	12	22	115	0	1	−1
2006	San Diego Chargers	16	284	460	3,387	22	9	53
2007	San Diego Chargers	16	277	460	3,152	21	15	33
2008	San Diego Chargers	16	312	478	4,004	34	11	84
2009	San Diego Chargers	16	317	486	4,254	28	9	50
2010	San Diego Chargers	16	357	541	4,710	30	13	52
2011	San Diego Chargers	16	366	582	4,624	27	20	36
2012	San Diego Chargers	16	338	527	3,606	26	15	40
2013	San Diego Chargers	16	378	544	4,478	32	11	72
2014	San Diego Chargers	16	379	570	4,286	31	18	102
2015	San Diego Chargers	16	437	661	4,792	29	13	28
2016	San Diego Chargers	16	349	578	4,386	33	21	35
2017	Los Angeles Chargers	16	360	575	4,515	28	10	−2
2018	Los Angeles Chargers	16	347	508	4,308	32	12	7
2019	Los Angeles Chargers	16	390	591	4,615	23	20	29
2020	Indianapolis Colts	16	369	543	4,169	24	11	−8
2025	Indianapolis Colts	3	58	92	544	4	3	−1
NFL career		247	5,335	8,226	63,978	425	212	604

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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