Chauncey Rivers
Chauncey Rivers is an American professional football linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and Mississippi State Bulldogs, as well as junior college football for the East Mississippi Lions.
Undrafted in the 2020 NFL draft, Rivers has played two seasons in the National Football League, as a member of the Baltimore Ravens and Green Bay Packers.
College career
Georgia
As a freshman in 2015 [Georgia Bulldogs football team|2015], Rivers played in four games totaling four tackles on the season. After being arrested on marijuana charges for the third time in seven months, Rivers was dismissed from the team.East Mississippi
Rivers transferred to East Mississippi Community College. While at East Mississippi, he was featured in the second season of the Netflix documentary series Last Chance U, where he played under head coach Buddy Stephens. After playing in 12 games for the Lions, Rivers totaled 25 solo tackles and 20 assists for a total of 45, along with eight sacks for a loss of 44 yards.Mississippi State
After his 2016 campaign at East Mississippi, Rivers was considered to be among the top junior college defensive ends in the country. This allowed him to get consideration once again from Division I colleges. After enrolling at Mississippi State University, Rivers received an academic redshirt for the 2017 season.During his 2018 season, as a redshirt junior, Rivers played in all 13 games the team played, totaling 339 snaps. Rivers made 24 tackles and miss just 1 tackle on the season. Despite not being a starter, Rivers finished fifth on the team in tackles for loss with seven and had 2.5 sacks as well as 19 pressures.