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Keith Rivers #6 prospect in 2008 NFL Draft.

Keith Rivers NFL Draft Bio

Keith Rivers (born May 5, 1986) is an American football linebacker from Lake Mary, Florida. Rivers plays college football for the University of Southern California Trojans.
College USC
Conference Pac 10
Sport Football
Position Linebacker
Jersey # 55
Class Junior
Nickname The Shark
Career 2004 – present
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 235 pounds (106.6 kg)
Nationality United States
Born May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05) (age 21)
San Bernardino, CA
High school Lake Mary High School, Lake Mary, FL.
Awards
2007 SI.com First Team All-American
2007 Walter Camp Football Foundation Second Team All-American
2006 ESPN and Rivals.com All-Pac-10 First Team
College career
USC linebacker coach Ken Norton, Jr. nicknamed Rivers "the Shark" for his aggressive play on the field, juxtaposed to his polite demeanor off of it.

Rivers was a 2007 preseason Sporting News, Street & Smith's, Lindy's, Phil Steele's, Blue Ribbon and NationalChamps.net All-American.

Rivers was on the watch list for the 2006 Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, Bronco Nagurski Trophy, and Lott Trophy. He was 2006 Rivals.com and coaches first team all-Pac-10. The Trojans leading tackler as a junior in 2006, Rivers decided to stay for his senior season.

At the end of the 2007 regular season, Rivers was selected to the All-Pacific-10 Conference first team for the second year in a row by league coaches. He was also selected to the SI.com All-American First Team.

High School career
Rivers was a highly decorated letterman in football at Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida alongside current University of Florida sophomore Nate Stein. His awards include include 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 10, 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 runner up as a senior linebacker.

Statistics
College

 Year  GP TKL  TFL SCK INT 
 2004  13  25  3.0 2.5  1 
 2005  11  52  3.0 1.0  1 
 2006  13  85  7.5 2.0  0 
 2007  11  73  4.5   0  0 
Totals 48 235  18  5.5  2 

Draft Year: 2008 NFL Football Draft Prospect Stats for Keith Rivers

Pre-Rank	Prospect Name	Position Played	Height	Weight
6	Keith Rivers	Linebacker	6-3	235
Round	Selected	Team	School	Hometown
1	9	Cincinnati Bengals	USC	San Bernardino, CA

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