Eric Rivers

Senior wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2025: 47 catches, 671 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 180 lb · Chattanooga, TN

CFB Index 61 · #125 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Georgia Tech for 2026

The numbers

671

receiving yards · 2025

47 catches · 2 TD · 14.3 per catch

Best game: 4 rec, 102 yds, 1 TD, vs BYU

Career night11 rec · 295 yds · 3 TDvs New Mexico State (FBS) · W 34-13

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2025: 47 catches, 671 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Bowie in 2013.
Transferred from Florida International to Georgia Tech in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Yards / catch: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Eric Rivers

WR · Georgia Tech · Sr · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Three head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 119 rec yds, 7 receptions against Boston College — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Memphis6-6HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2023Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Balanced

2024Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #125 of 485?

High confidenceFading12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (82nd percentile). Strength: rush yards (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#143 / 798 · 82nd pct

14.7

EPA / target#316 / 798 · 60th pct

0.49

Explosive rate#383 / 798 · 52nd pct

10.3%

TD rate#485 / 798 · 39th pct

1.5%

Catch rate#534 / 798 · 33rd pct

63.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#46 / 287 · 84th pct

Long catch#100 / 558 · 81st pct

Rec yards#113 / 558 · 80th pct

671

Receptions#130 / 558 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#175 / 558 · 68th pct

14.3

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

98th → 52nd percentile

Catch rate

91st → 33rd percentile

TD rate

99th → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

97th → 82nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

18%12 of his 68 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	33.0	12.9	0.0
Road6g	4.7	73.3	16.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	50.1	15.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	53.3	14.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #125 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #125 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #19 of 64 ACC WRs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Tech	47	671	14.3	2	--
2024	Florida International	62	1,172	18.9	12	--
2023	Florida International	32	343	10.7	2	--
2021	Memphis	--	--	--	--	--
Career		141	2,186	15.5	16	--

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Tech	7	56	--	95	--
2024	Florida International	1	-3	--	--	--
2023	Florida International	1	3	--	--	--
2021	Memphis	--	--	--	--	--
Career		9	56	--	95	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 24–21

vs Clemson

6 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With H. King — 211 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 103 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · M. Nichols — 46 AVG · 48 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · BYU · 4&15 · Q4 · EPA +4.78(01:01) Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete deep right to #3 E.Rivers caught at BYU45, for 66 yards to the BYU18 (#0 E.Johnson), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · NC State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.98(06:49) Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete deep middle to #3 E.Rivers caught at NCSU40, for 68 yards to the NCSU15 (#7 B.Nelson, II), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Boston College · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.76(13:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete deep middle to #3 E.Rivers caught at BCE27, for 48 yards to the BCE26 (#16 I.Farris), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Clemson · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.60Haynes King pass complete to Eric Rivers for 42 yds to the CLEM 5 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Wake Forest · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Haynes King pass complete to Eric Rivers for 14 yds for a TD Wake Forest Penalty, Defensive Holding (Yards) declined (Aidan Birr KICK)
Week 1 · Colorado · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.72Eric Rivers run for 27 yds to the COLO 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Clemson · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Haynes King pass complete to Eric Rivers for 21 yds to the CLEM 31 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Wake Forest · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.38Haynes King pass complete to Eric Rivers for 17 yds to the GT 40 for a 1ST down Wake Forest Penalty, Illegal Substitution (Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Boston College · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.33(09:31) Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete short middle to #3 E.Rivers caught at GT 40, for 9 yards to the GT 47 (#15 Q.Hutchins; #7 C.Davis), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Wake Forest · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.27Haynes King pass complete to Eric Rivers for 13 yds to the WAKE 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ Colorado	3	24	8.0	0	13
Wk 2	W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb	2	33	16.5	0	17
Wk 3	W 24-21vs Clemson	3	72	24.0	0	42
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Temple	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 5	W 30-29@ Wake Forest	8	77	9.6	1	17
Wk 7	W 35-20vs Virginia Tech	4	29	7.3	0	22
Wk 8	W 27-18@ Duke	3	21	7.0	0	13
Wk 9	W 41-16vs Syracuse	5	43	8.6	0	14
Wk 10	L 36-48@ NC State	3	97	32.3	0	68
Wk 12	W 36-34@ Boston College	7	119	17.0	0	48	Season-high 119 yds
Wk 13	L 28-42vs Pittsburgh	2	20	10.0	0	11
Wk 14	L 9-16vs Georgia	2	20	10.0	0	11
Bowl	L 21-25@ BYU	4	102	25.5	1	66
Total		47	671	14.6	2	68