Ron Rivers
Ronald Leroy Rivers
Born: November 13, 1971
Elizabeth, NJ USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 205
College: Fresno St.
High School: San Gorgonio (San Bernardino, CA)
Career: 1995-2000
Ron Rivers played from 1995 to 2000 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions. Rivers ran for 749 yards in his career on 175 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 28 passes for 264 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 73 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
| 1996 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 166 | 5.7 | 31 | 1 |
| 1998 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 36 | 1 |
| 1999 | NFL Detroit Lions | 82 | 295 | 3.6 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 175 | 749 | 4.3 | 37 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Detroit Lions | 22 | 173 | 7.9 | 31 | 1 |
| Totals | 28 | 264 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 420 | 22.1 | 51 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 477 | 19.9 | 51 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1995 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1997 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1998 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1999 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 7 | 6 |
| 2000 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 0 |
