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2006: Had a great 2006 season starting all but one game at the free safety position...Finished third on the team with 66 total tackles (33 solo)...Finished second on the team in tackles for a loss (7.0)...Added three pass breakups...Had his best individual game against South Carolina State where he totaled 10 tackles (five solo)...Recorded his lone sack of the season against North Carolina A&T...Had an interception against Catawba...Recorded a pair of tackles for a loss against Bethune-Cookman and Hampton...Had four games with tackles for a loss.
2005: Appeared in, and started all ten games for the Rams...Placed fourth on the team with 41 total tackles...Recorded 25 solo tackles and 16 assisted tackles...Tallied two tackles for a loss of four total yards...Picked off a pair of passes which he returned six yards...Broke up six additional passes.
2004: Appeared in five games for the Rams, starting one...Placed 25th on the team with six total tackles...Tallied four solo tackles and two assisted tackles.
Personal: The 2007 season will mark Rivers' fourth and final year as a member of the Rams' football team...A native of Durham, NC, he is a 2003 graduate of Southern Durham High School where he was an All-Conference and All-Area selection as well as being named the Spartans' team MVP in his senior season...The son of Gill and Julia Rivers...A Business Management major at WSSU...Born in Frankfurt, Germany on May 27, 1985...Nicknamed "Meat."
Rivers' Statistics: Year G/GS UT AT Total TFL Int. PBU FF/FR Blk. 2006 11/10 33 33 66 7/23 1/4 3 0/0 0 2005 10/10 25 16 41 2/4 2/6 6 0/0 0 2004 5/1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26/21 62 51 107 9/27 3/10 9 0/0 0
