#20

Ronnie Rivers

Senior running back for Fresno State. 2021: 788 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 34 catches.

RB · Fresno State · Sr. · #20

5′9″ · 195 lb · Brentwood, CA

CFB Index 53 · #113 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceFresno State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 2269 nationally · Signed with Fresno State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Fresno State. 2021: 788 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 34 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Fresno State in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Fresno State, 3,417 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201712 games

Signed with Fresno State2-star out of Freedom

20206 games

The snaps went the other way.

All-Mountain Westfirst

202111 games

All-Mountain West

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2269 national

CFB

College

Fresno State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2019

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

2020

Kalen DeBoer

Fresno State

era →

2021

Lee Marks

Fresno State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, and Lee Marks. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Run-leaning

2018Fresno State12-2HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2019Fresno State4-8HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #113 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (95th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#233 / 409 · 43rd pct

6.3%

Yards / carry#254 / 409 · 38th pct

4.9

TD rate#282 / 409 · 31st pct

3.2%

Success rate#301 / 409 · 27th pct

39.9%

EPA / carry#360 / 409 · 12th pct

-0.02

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#8 / 331 · 98th pct

364

Receptions#16 / 331 · 95th pct

Carries#68 / 343 · 80th pct

161

Rush yards#80 / 343 · 77th pct

788

Long run#81 / 343 · 76th pct

Rush TDs#125 / 343 · 59th pct

Yards / carry#171 / 343 · 48th pct

4.9

Fumbles lost#210 / 222 · 4th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	66.7	8.2	0.5
Road5g	77.6	4.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	70.4	4.3	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	73.8	10.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #113 of 315 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #113 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Fresno State	161	788	4.9	5	--
2020	Fresno State	100	507	5.1	7	--
2019	Fresno State	177	899	5.1	13	--
2018	Fresno State	132	743	5.6	10	--
2017	Fresno State	101	480	4.8	5	--
Career		671	3,417	5.1	40	--

Season	Team
2021	Fresno State	34	364	10.7	2	--
2020	Fresno State	27	265	9.8	2	--
2019	Fresno State	43	354	8.2	3	--
2018	Fresno State	26	311	12.0	3	--
2017	Fresno State	20	129	6.5	1	--
Career		150	1,423	9.5	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 40–37

at UCLA

136 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD

Edged out UCLA on the road in a shootout.

With J. Haener — 455 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.2 · -27 rush yds (13 car) · C. King — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Nevada · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.15Ronnie Rivers run for 64 yds for a TD (Cesar Silva KICK)
Week 1 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.86Jake Haener pass complete to Ronnie Rivers for 61 yds for a TD, (Cesar Silva KICK)
Week 13 · San José State · 2&14 · Q4 · EPA +3.86Jake Haener pass complete to Ronnie Rivers for 35 yds to the SJSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Wyoming · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -3.54Ronnie Rivers run for no gain to the Wyom 22
Week 3 · UCLA · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Ronnie Rivers run for 36 yds for a TD, (Abraham Montano KICK)
Week 11 · New Mexico · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA -3.43Ronnie Rivers run for no gain to the NMex 36 Ronnie Rivers fumbled, forced by Syaire Riley, recovered by NMex Ronald Wilson
Week 3 · UCLA · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Jake Haener pass complete to Ronnie Rivers for 17 yds to the UCLA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · New Mexico · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Ronnie Rivers run for 4 yds for a TD, (Cesar Silva KICK)
Week 13 · San José State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Jake Haener pass complete to Ronnie Rivers for 33 yds to the SJSt 22 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · San José State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Jake Haener pass complete to Ronnie Rivers for 13 yds for a TD (Cesar Silva KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-0vs UConn	13	58	4.5	0	16
Wk 1	L 24-31@ Oregon	14	40	2.9	0	8
Wk 2	W 63-10vs Cal Poly	14	64	4.6	1	21
Wk 3	W 40-37@ UCLA	21	136	6.5	2	36	Season-high 136 yds
Wk 4	W 38-30vs UNLV	14	48	3.4	0	15
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Hawai'i	15	74	4.9	0	16
Wk 7	W 17-0@ Wyoming	21	73	3.5	0	11
Wk 8	W 34-32vs Nevada	3	80	26.7	1	64
Wk 10	L 14-40vs Boise State	12	79	6.6	0	22
Wk 11	W 34-7vs New Mexico	20	71	3.6	1	12
Wk 13	W 40-9@ San José State	14	65	4.6	0	19
Total		161	788	6.5	5	64

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

Ronnie Rivers

201712 games

20206 games

202111 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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