Chandler Rivers

Former cornerback at Duke. 2025: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 59 tackles.

CB · Duke · Sr.

5′10″ · 185 lb · Beaumont, TX

CFB Index 75 · #59 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Baltimore — Rd 5, Pick 22, #162 overall

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Passes defended: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

8 PBU · 59 tackles · 3.5 TFL

Best game: 2 PBU, 7 tackles, vs Georgia Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Duke. 2025: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 59 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2022.
Drafted round 5 by the Baltimore in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Four seasons at Duke, 206 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #162 overall by Baltimore.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202213 games

Signed with Duke3-star out of Beaumont United

202413 games

All-ACCfirst

202513 games

All-ACCsecond

2026

Drafted by Baltimoreround 5, pick 162

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#779 national

CFB

College

Duke

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #162

Baltimore · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

3 coaches

2022

Mike Elko

Duke

2023

Trooper Taylor

Duke

era →

2024–2025

Manny Diaz

Duke

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

#162Rd 5 · Pick 22

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning

2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

75All-Conference level #59 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#45 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles#413 / 2975 · 86th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.0
Road7g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

75 · #59 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #59 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Duke	59	37	3.5	0.0	8	2	--
2024	Duke	54	30	7.5	1.0	8	3	--
2023	Duke	47	32	3.0	0.0	7	1	--
2022	Duke	46	28	1.0	0.5	7	1	--
Career		206	127	15.0	1.5	30	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 27–20

at Virginia

8 TOT · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With D. Mensah — 196 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.1 · K. Reynoldson — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Elon	2	1	1.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 19-45vs Illinois	2	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Tulane	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-33vs NC State	7	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 38-3@ Syracuse	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 45-21@ California	2	0	0.5	1	0
Wk 8	L 18-27vs Georgia Tech	7	5	0.5	—	2
Wk 10	W 46-45@ Clemson	5	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 34-37@ UConn	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-34vs Virginia	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 32-25@ North Carolina	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 49-32vs Wake Forest	4	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 15	W 27-20@ Virginia	8	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Total		59	37	3.5	2	8

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Chandler Rivers

202213 games

202413 games

202513 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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