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Expected to challenge for the starting quarterback position ... Has a strong arm with excellent speed ... Served as the backup QB at Virginia last season ... Last name is pronounced RYE-vers ...
AT VIRGINIA: Played in four games during the 1999 campaign ... Led the Cavaliers to a come from behind victory against Georgia Tech, 45-38, after trailing 24-7 ... Completed 18-of-30 passes for 228 yards and three touchdowns ... Completed 4-of-11 passes against Florida State for 32 yards ... Tossed a 55 yard touchdown pass in the 1998 Micron PC.com Bowl against Illinois ... Completed one of two passes against Wake Forest ... He didn't see any action at quarterback during the 1998 season ... Saw reserve action in three games during 1997 (Richmond, North Carolina, Clemson) ... Completed one of two passes ... Threw his first career pass completion, a four-yard toss to Germane Crowell in the quarter against Clemson ... Red-shirted in 1996, but was in uniform for the Carquest Bowl against Miami ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of Lakeside High ... Three-year starter and letterman ... started at quarterback as a senior and in the defensive secondary as a junior and sophomore ... As a senior, completed 106 of 187 passes for 1,341 yards and nine touchdowns ... Earned all-state, all-area and all-county honors at quarterback that season ... Team captain and Lakeside's Most Outstanding Offensive Player as a senior ... Set school season and game (315 yards against Baldwin County) at Lakeside ... The leading passer in Georgia's Region 4-AAAA as a senior ... As a junior in 1994, he was Lakeside's Most Outstanding Defensive Back and earned all-county and all-area honors at that position ... Three year letterman in baseball, earning all-area honors as a senior ... Also lettered in basketball ... Received the Augusta Rotary Club award as the Top Male Athlete in the Augusta area ...
PERSONAL: Born on September 1, 1977 ... Son of David and Emily Rivers ... His father played football and lacrosse at the United States Military Academy at West Point ... Selected to Lakeside High School's Class of 1996 Hall of Fame (recognizing the top 10 all-around students) by the school's faculty ... Received Lakeside's Most athletic Student Award for 1995-96 ... Member of Students Against Drunk Driving ... Majoring in sociology.
CAREER PASSING STATISTICS
| Year | G | Att-Cmp-Int | Pct. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg./G |
| 1997 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 4 (Clemson) | 1.3 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0-0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 43-23-2 | 53.5 | 271 | 3 | 42 (Ga. Tech) | 27.1 |
| Career | 16 | 45-24-3 | 53.3 | 275 | 4 | 42 (Ga. Tech) | 17.2 |
