Ronnie Rivers

#20 · RB · Sr. · Fresno State5′9″ · 195 lb · Brentwood, CA · Freedom

Ronnie Rivers: RB · Fresno State · #20.

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Ronnie Rivers

RB · Fresno State · Sr · #20

Wins in space out of the backfield. Played for three head coaches at Fresno State: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer and Lee Marks. Named All-Mountain West two seasons running, most recently in 2021. A game that shows it: 136 rushing yards and 26 receiving yards against UCLA — Week 3, 2021.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

159Carries
779Yards
22.2%Top-5 share
18.9%Stuffed rate

Just 22.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.9% of his carries. 14 carries for 40 yds vs Oregon; 21 for 136 vs UCLA.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

39.1%Carry share
17.1%Q4-lead share
42.1%In competitive games

39.1% of carries overall (157/402) → 17.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/111) — 42.1% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

11/183rd/4th & short
8/20Inside-5 share

11 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (61.1%). 8 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (40.0%).

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