Chauncey Rivers: DE · Mississippi State · #5.
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Chauncey Rivers
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Second year in the Mississippi State defensive front. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 9, 2019.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 43 | 24 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 24 | 8 | 7.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| Career | 67 | 32 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-28vs Louisiana | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-15vs Southern Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Kansas State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-13vs Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-56@ No. 7 Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20@ Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 13-36vs No. 2 LSU | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 30-49@ Texas A&M | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 54-24@ Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-38vs No. 4 Alabama | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-7vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 21-20vs Ole Miss | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 28-38vs Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 24 | 8.0 | 5.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
12%5 sacksTFL rate
19%8 TFLHurry rate
9%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
56%5 of 9 pressures43 tackles · 8 for loss · 5 sacks.
2 seasons under Joe Moorhead, all run-heavy offenses — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
37.5%
315 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
64.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
43 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Mississippi State, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Mark Richt, Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead.
