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Jersey Number 55
Keith Rivers
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lake Mary, FL
- High School:
- Lake Mary
Bio
CAREER: He has 240 career tackles, including 18.5 for losses.
2007: Rivers started for his third season at weakside linebacker as a senior in 2007 and turned in an All-American season. Overall in 2007 while starting 12 games (he missed the Arizona State game with a sprained left ankle suffered at California), he had 78 tackles (second on USC), including 5 for losses of 15 yards, plus 4 deflections, a team-high 3 fumble recoveries and 1 forced fumble. He was 1 of 10 semifinalists for the 2007 Butkus Award and 1 of 17 quarterfinalists for the Lott Trophy, as well as an SI.com All-American first team, Pro Football Weekly All-American first team, Walter Camp All-American second team, Phil Steele[apos]s All-American third team and Collegefootballnews.com All-American honorable mention pick. Rivers was named to the 2007 All-Pac-10 first team (for the second year in a row), ESPN.com All-Pac-10 first team, Collegefootballnews.com All-Pac-10 first team and Phil Steele[apos]s All-Pac-10 first team. He was a USC team captain. He won USC[apos]s Co-Lifter of the Year Award. He was a Senior Bowl invitee. He was named to the 2007 Playboy Pre-Season All-American team. He had arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle to remove bone spurs following 2007 spring practice.
He had a team-best 6 tackles with a deflection versus Idaho, a game-high 10 tackles with a deflection at Nebraska and a game-best 14 tackles against Washington State (the most by a Trojan since Lofa Tatupu had 14 versus Oregon State in 2003) with 2.5 for a loss. He then had 4 tackles and a deflection at Washington, 6 stops and a deflection against Stanford, 6 tackles (1 for a loss)and a fumble recovery at Arizona and a tackle and fumble recovery at Notre Dame. He had 12 tackles at Oregon, a team-best 7 tackles against Oregon State, 4 stops at California and 3 tackles, including 1 for a loss in which he forced and recovered a fumble (to set up a USC TD) against UCLA. He had 5 tackles (0.5 for a loss) against Illinois.
2006: Rivers started for his second season at weakside linebacker as a junior in 2006 and proved to be a dominant force. Overall in 2006 while appearing in all 13 games, he had a team-high 85 tackles, including 7.5 for losses of 22 yards (with 2 sacks for minus 9 yards), plus a team-best 3 forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and 2 deflections. He made the 2006 Pro Football Weekly All-American honorable mention, All-Pac-10 first team, ESPN.com All-Pac-10 first team, Rivals.com All-Pac-10 first team and Scout.com All-Pac-10 second team. He won USC[apos]s Bob Chandler Award.
He had a team-best 8 tackles, with a fumble recovery and forced fumble, at Arkansas to earn Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors. He added 5 stops (with 1 for a loss) versus Nebraska, 3 tackles (with a sack) at Arizona and 5 tackles at Washington State. He had a game-best 12 tackles (1 for a loss), plus 2 deflections, against Washington and a team-best 8 tackles (1 for a loss) against Arizona State. He had 5 tackles (with a sack) at Oregon State, 5 more tackles and forced a fumble that USC recovered at Stanford and a game-best 10 tackles against Oregon. He made 6 tackles (0.5 for a loss) against California, 4 stops (1 for a loss) and forced a fumble that USC recovered versus Notre Dame and 5 tackles (1 for a loss) at UCLA. He had a game-best 9 tackles against Michigan.
2005: Rivers started at weakside linebacker job as a sophomore in 2005 and proved effective. Overall in 2005 while starting 11 games (he missed the Stanford game with a hamstring strain suffered prior to the Washington game and then the UCLA game after re-straining his hamstring against Fresno State), he had 52 tackles, including 3 for losses of 17 yards (with an 11-yard sack), plus had a team-best 2 fumble recoveries and returned an interception 14 yards. He saw limited action at Washington because of the hamstring strain, then re-strained it early in the Fresno State contest and was sidelined. He made 2005 All-Pac-10 honorable mention. He had 3 tackles at Hawaii, 7 against Arkansas, 8 (with 2 for losses) at Oregon and 6 at Arizona State. He added a stop against Arizona, then a game-best 12 tackles (with a sack), plus an interception (to set up a USC TD) and fumble
recovery, at Notre Dame. He made 1 tackle at Washington before sitting out with the sore hamstring and another tackle versus Washington State in restricted play before sitting out the Stanford contest. He returned to get 6 tackles with a fumble recovery at California, then had 2 tackles in limited action versus Fresno State. He made 5 tackles against Texas.
2004: Rivers saw significant playing time as a backup weakside linebacker behind Matt Grootegoed, as a defensive end in pass rushing situations and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2004. Overall in 2004 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 25 tackles, including 3 for losses of 23 yards (with 2.5 sacks for 22 yards), plus had a deflection and returned an interception 22 yards. He made the 2004 The Sporting News Freshman All-Pac-10 first team. He had 5 tackles against Colorado State, 4 versus Washington (with the interception) and Oklahoma and 3 against Stanford and Arizona.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2003 honors included USA Today All-USA first team, Parade All-American, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, EA Sports All-American, Insiders.com All-American, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Top 100 Dream Team, Lemming Top 100, Super Prep All-Dixie, Prep Star All-Southeast, FOX Sports Net All-South, Gatorade Florida Player of the Year and Florida Class 6A Mr. Football runnerup as a senior linebacker at Lake Mary (Fla.) High. He had 111 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 2 sacks and 2 interceptions in 2003. As a junior in 2002, he was a Student Sports Junior All-American and Florida Class 5A second team honoree as he posted 160 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4 sacks and 2 interceptions. He made All-State as a sophomore in 2001 when he had 100-plus tackles.
PERSONAL: He[apos]s a public policy, management and planning major at USC. He was born in Riverside (Calif.) and lived in nearby San Bernardino for 8 years during his youth.
KEITH RIVERS ON: His play: 'I[apos]m just living up to my expectations and trying to do the best each game. I[apos]m not really worried about how other people think I[apos]m doing. I[apos]m just doing the best that I can...I try my hardest to maximize every down...I just want to keep improving each game, each day. Get better, don[apos]t take any steps backwards.'
WHAT OTHERS SAY: USC head coach Pete Carroll: 'He is really fast and tough. He has an unusual body in that he can strike guys in a small space and unload on them.'
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| 2004 (Fr.) | 25 | 3/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2005 (So.) | 52 | 3/17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2006 (Jr.)... | 85 | 7.5/22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 (Sr.)... | 78 | 5/15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAREER... | 240 | 18.5/77 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 22 |
GAME-BY-GAME WITH KEITH RIVERS
| 2007 | TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |||||
| Idaho* | 6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Nebraska* | 10 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Wash. St.* | 14 | 2.5/7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Washington* | 4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Stanford* | 6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Arizona* | 6 | 1/4 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Notre Dame* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Oregon* | 12 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Oregon St.* | 7 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| California* | 4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| UCLA* | 3 | 1/4 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Illinois (RB)* | 5 | 0.5/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2007 (Sr.)... | 78 | 5/15 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 2006 | TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |||||
| Arkansas* | 8 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Nebraska* | 5 | 1/4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Arizona* | 3 | 1/4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Wash. St.* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Washington* | 12 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Arizona St.* | 8 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Oregon St.* | 5 | 1/5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Stanford* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Oregon* | 10 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| California* | 6 | 0.5/1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Notre Dame* | 4 | 1/4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| UCLA* | 5 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Michigan (RB)* | 9 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2006 (Jr.)... | 76 | 7.5/22 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2005 | TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG |
| Hawaii* | 3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas* | 7 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon* | 8 | 2/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St.* | 6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame* | 12 | 1/11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Washington* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wash. St.* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 6 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fresno St.* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas* (RB) | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 (So.) | 52 | 3/17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2004 | TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG |
| Colo. State | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BYU | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | 3 | 2/19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St. | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Wash. St. | 2 | 0.5/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma (OB) | 4 | 0.5/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 (Fr.) | 23 | 3/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
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