Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2012Tennessee
Mychal Rivera
TE • 6'3" • Valencia, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Mychal Rivera reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a tight end
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Mychal Rivera built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a tight end from Valencia, CA wearing No. 81, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Mychal Rivera's career was his receiving role: 76...
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- Committed To
- Oregon
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2013
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 16
- Overall
- No. 184
- NFL Team
- Las Vegas Raiders
Mychal Rivera, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Tennessee. Mychal Rivera reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,018
- Receptions
- 76
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Mychal Rivera quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,018
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Georgia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Birmingham · Oregon
- High school pipeline
- Birmingham · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2013 · Round 6 · Pick 16 · Las Vegas Raiders
- Latest roster
- No. 81 · Class 2012
- 2012 Receiving yards rank
- 562 receiving yards · TE 11th (top 4%) · SEC 18th (top 9%) · National 175th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Postseason | Tennessee | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Tennessee | 7 | 10 | 97 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Tennessee | 10 | 29 | 344 | 1 | 57.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Tennessee | 12 | 36 | 562 | 5 | 71.7 |
Related Context
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Mychal Rivera played TE for Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mychal Rivera recorded 1,018 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 562 primary output with 84.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 84.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
46.8
Efficiency
84.5
Usage
12.1
Consistency
61.9
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 13. Georgia State: 70. Florida: 47. Akron: 43. Georgia: 82. Mississippi State: 7. Alabama: 43. South Carolina: 44. Troy: 7. Missouri: 129. Vanderbilt: 13. Kentucky: 64
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 1 by 86.7. Georgia State: 4 by 100. Florida: 4 by 78.3. Akron: 2 by 100. Georgia: 3 by 100. Mississippi State: 1 by 46.7. Alabama: 1 by 100. South Carolina: 3 by 97.8. Troy: 1 by 46.7. Missouri: 10 by 86. Vanderbilt: 1 by 86.7. Kentucky: 5 by 85.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins39.4 · Games = 5 · -12.7 vs Losses
Losses52.1 · Games = 7 · +12.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Missouri
Best efficiency game
100 vs Alabama
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | vs Kentucky | W 37-17 | — | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 12.80 | 1 | 29 |
| Sun 11/18 | @ Vanderbilt | L 18-41 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Missouri100 receiving yards · High volume | L 48-51 | — | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 12.90 | 1 | 28 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Troy | W 55-48 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ South Carolina | L 35-38 | — | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 14.70 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Alabama | L 13-44 | — | 1 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 43 |
| Sun 10/14 | @ Mississippi State | L 31-41 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Georgia | L 44-51 | — | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 27.30 | 0 | 62 |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Akron | W 47-26 | — | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Florida | L 20-37 | — | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Georgia State | W 51-13 | — | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 1 | 23 |
| Fri 8/31 | vs NC State | W 35-21 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Mychal Rivera story
Mychal Rivera built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a tight end from Valencia, CA wearing No. 81, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Mychal Rivera's career was his receiving role: 76 catches, 1,018 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Mychal Rivera's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Tennessee
2010-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2010201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Postseason | Tennessee | 112 | 65.4 | 8.1 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Tennessee | 112 | 65.4 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Tennessee | 344 | 72.7 | 13.6 | 232 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Tennessee | 562 | 84.5 | 12.1 | 218 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia
Week 6 · L 12-20 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
91.9 takeover
85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Missouri
Week 11 · L 48-51 · Conference game
129
Receiving Yards
91.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
129 receiving yards with a 86 efficiency score.
#3
@ Florida
Week 3 · L 23-33 · Conference game
71
Receiving Yards
80.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
71 receiving yards with a 94.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs Ole Miss
Week 11 · W 52-14 · Conference game
35
Receiving Yards
79 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Kentucky
Week 13 · W 37-17 · Conference game
64
Receiving Yards
72.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
64 receiving yards with a 85.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Tennessee
562 primary output · 84.5 efficiency · 12.1 usage
71.7
#2
2011 Regular Season · Tennessee
57.1
344 primary · 72.7 efficiency · 13.6 usage
#3
2010 Postseason · Tennessee
43.2
112 primary · 65.4 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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