Jalen Rivers
Jalen Rivers is an American professional football guard for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes and was selected by the Bengals in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft.Early life
Rivers attended Oakleaf High School in Orange Park, Florida. He was rated as a four-star recruit, the 2nd overall player in the state of Florida, and the 32nd overall player in the class of 2020. He committed to play college football for the Miami Hurricanes over offers from schools such as Alabama, Florida, Florida State, and Georgia.As a freshman in 2020, Rivers played seven games for Miami. In 2021, he started the first three games before missing the rest of the season with a knee injury. In 2022, Rivers appeared in nine games for the Hurricanes, making seven starts. In 2023, he started all 13 games, earning second-team all-ACC honors.Rivers was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 153rd pick in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft.