Derek Rivers is a 28 years old football player of a mixed ethnic background and widely received as an American football defensive end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.
The football star played college football at Youngstown State.
Derek Rivers’s Age and Birthday
Rivers was born on May 9, 1994, in Augusta, Maine, United States and he is now 28 years of age.
Derek Rivers Nationality and ethnicity
The 28-year-old Rivers is of mixed ethnic race and holds an American nationality. He was born in Augusta, Maine, and his family moved to North Carolina when he was just five months old.
Derek Rivers Height and weight
The 28 years old footballer stands tall at the height of 6 feet and 5 inches (1.96 m) and weighs 250 Ibs (113 kg).
Derek Rivers College football
Rivers attended Kinston High School in Kinston. After high school, he attended Fork Union Military Academy for a year, before going to the Youngstown State University for three years.
Rivers played at Youngstown State from 2013 to 2016. During his career, he had a school-record 41 career sacks, including 14 as a senior. He accumulated 56.5 tackles for loss, 47 QB hurries, and 119 solo tackles in his college career at Youngstown State.
As a Senior, Rivers lead one of the top statistically rated defenses in the FCS to the National Championship where they would lose to James Madison University 24-14.
Derek Rivers Draft (When was he drafted?)
Rivers was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round, 83rd overall, in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Derek Rivers’s 40‑yard dash
The football star ran a 40-yard dash time of 4.61 seconds.
Derek Rivers Family; Partner, children, parents, siblings
Rivers is the son of John Rivers and Mary Leinonen his parents. His father John played football and basketball at Virginia Tech.
Rivers is not the only child of his parents. He has a sister named Lydia Rivers. His sister Lydia was a star basketball player at Radford University and for one season at Virginia Tech as a graduate student.
The 28 years old has been married for almost 6 years now to his wife Lauren Rivers. The couple got married in 2017. The couple is blessed with two children, a son and a daughter whose names are not known to us.
Derek Rivers’s Salary and net worth
Rivers has an estimated net worth of about $ 1.5 million.
Rivers signed a 1-year contract for $98,000 with the Houston Texans, including an average annual salary of $98,000.
As of 2023, Rivers is earning a base salary of $1,010,000, a signing bonus of $40,000, and a workout bonus of $10,000, while carrying a cap hit of $1,060,000 and a dead cap value of $40,000.
Derek Rivers’s Twitter and Instagram
Follow Rivers on Twitter @D_Rivers11 and Instagram @d_rivers11.
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— Derek Rivers (@D_Rivers11) December 11, 2019
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