Marco Rivera
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NFL draft: | 1996 / Round: 6 / Pick: 208 | ||||||
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Marco Anthony Rivera (born April 26, 1972) is an American former professional
Early years
Rivera attended
He also received All-conference honors in basketball and lacrosse.
College career
Rivera accepted a football scholarship from
As a junior, he was moved to
He played in 41 career games (31 starts), including three bowl games – the
Professional career
Green Bay Packers
Rivera was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round (208th overall) of the 1996 NFL draft.[3] During his first year, he was inactive for all 16 regular season games. He was a key practice contributor to the Packers run to their twelfth title in Super Bowl XXXI.[citation needed]
In 1997, Rivera was allocated to the
In 1998, Rivera started 15 of 16 regular season games at the left guard spot after winning the job in training camp over another ex-Claymore, Joe Andruzzi. He also started the Packers NFC Wild Card playoff game at San Francisco. In 1999, Rivera started all 16 games for the first time in his career, playing the entire season at right guard after successfully making the transition from the left side where he had started the year before. In 2000 and 2001, Rivera started 32 consecutive games at right guard for the three straight seasons.
In 2002, Rivera raised his game to a higher level in his fifth season as a starter with a performance that earned him his first career Pro Bowl selection. He started every game of the season – despite playing with torn medial collateral ligaments in both knees.[4]
In 2003, Rivera battled through a knee injury that he suffered late in the preseason and went on to start all 16 games (and two playoff games) for the fifth straight year. He was named as a starter on the NFC Pro Bowl squad after serving as a backup for his initial appearance in the NFL's annual all-star game in 2002. He was also a second-team All-Pro selection of the Associated Press and Football Digest as well as being named to the All-NFC team as selected by Pro Football Weekly.
In 2004, Rivera was the anchor on the Green Bay offensive line, Rivera completed his seventh straight season as a starting guard. In starting all 16 regular season games, plus the playoff contest against Minnesota, Rivera earned the starting guard spot on the NFC Pro Bowl squad for a second straight season and also was named to the All-NFC squad by Pro Football Weekly.
Rivera was named to the 2011 class of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[5][6]
Dallas Cowboys
On March 3, 2005, the
In 2006, he started 16 games at
Rivera played in 155 games starting a total of 141, while registering 12 tackles and 3 fumble recoveries as an offensive lineman. He received three Pro Bowl selections.
See also
Personal life
Rivera is of
References
- ^ "Trenchman". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "Steaking their claim". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "Packers have best OL in NFL". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "Three to the Packers Hall of Fame". WSAU. December 15, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ Christl, Cliff. "Marco Rivera". Packers.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "Mort: Rivera suffers pain exercising". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "Back problems hampered Rivera's stint with Cowboys". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "Davis installed as Cowboys' starting right guard". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "After enduring 'own little hell,' ex-Packers guard Marco Rivera finds happy place". Retrieved February 19, 2018.