Garland Rivers
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| Position: | Defensive back |
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| Date of birth: | November 3, 1964 |
| Place of birth: | Canton, Ohio |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 181 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: |
McKinley High School Canton, Ohio |
| College: | Michigan |
| NFL Draft: | 1987 / Round: 4 / Pick: 92 |
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Garland A. Rivers (born November 3, 1964) is a former professional American football defensive back who was drafted in the 1987 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played briefly for the Chicago Bears in the 1987 NFL season after having starred as an All-American for the Michigan Wolverines football team for whom he set the single-game tackles record as a sophomore. This record still stands. After returning to the University of Michigan to complete his bachelor's degree, he returned to professional football for several seasons in the Arena Football League. However, before returning to professional football he became embroiled in a scandal involving sports agents engaging amateur athletes.
After attending Canton McKinley High School, where they won the 1981 Ohio High School Athletic Association football championships, he went to the University of Michigan where he became the only freshman varsity letter winner on the football team in 1983. Rivers, who wore #13 as a Wolverine, started 32 consecutive games until a shoulder injury caused him to end the streak. He posted six interceptions in his Michigan career, including one for a touchdown. Another one during the same season was a game saving interception in the 1986 Fiesta Bowl in a 27–23 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. Rivers started 12 of the 13 games his senior season for the Big Ten Conference champions and was one of three All-Americans (along with Jumbo Elliott & Jim Harbaugh) that season as the team went 11–2 and was invited to the Rose Bowl. Rivers once had 17 tackles and an assist as a sophomore defensive back in a game against the 1984 National Champion Brigham Young Cougars football team in the 1984 Holiday Bowl. 17 tackles continues to stand alone as a school single game record.
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