Rivers grew up in Ohio with a family background in the U.S. Air Force, later moving to England, Florida, and Greece before settling in the San Antonio, Texas area. Rivers was schooled at
Randolph High School in
Randolph AFB, Texas, just outside of San Antonio. In his senior year, he rushed for 1,200 yards and earned a scholarship to
Southwest Texas State University (now called Texas State University). Rivers was successful at Texas State and was named to their "Hall of Honor" in 2003. He majored in Journalism at Texas State and worked for the
San Antonio Light. From 1991 to 1996, Rivers played
running back for the
Denver Broncos in the
National Football League. 1992 featured his most successful season, where he finished with 731 yards from scrimmage. It was also his most productive rushing year, with 282 yards on 74 carries. Rivers played in every Broncos game during that span, scoring 8 touchdowns. In 1993, Rivers was named the Denver Broncos' special teams Player of the Year. While still a player, Rivers began working for
KOA radio; he also wrote a sports column in the
Rocky Mountain News. == After football ==