2021 Football Roster
Ryan Rivera
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Tracy, CA
- High School:
- Kimball HS
After a year on the defensive side of the ball at linebacker, moved over to the other side of the line of scrimmage in 2019 and played at fullback ... shifted to tight end last fall and enters Fall Camp No. 1 on the preseason depth chart ... named to Phil Steele's Preseason All-American fourth team.
2021 -- Played in all 11 games with nine starts at tight end en route to second-team All-Big Sky honors by both the head coaches and Phil Steele ... notched four receptions for 46 yards and one touchdown, a two-yard pass from Spencer Brasch late in the third quarter of the Idaho State game ...first collegiate catch was a four-yarder from Kahliq Paulette against South Dakota and added a 32-yard reception in Montana game and an eight-yarder at Sacramento State ... also returned two kickoffs -- a 16-yarder against UC Davis and a 17-yarder versus Sacramento State ... named team's special teams player of the year.
2020 (Spring 2021) -- Played in all three games with one start in finale at Eastern Washington ... no catches and no rushes ... returned two kickoffs a total of 14 yards ... made one assisted tackle on special teams.
2019 -- Played in first six games of season as a backup fullback ... no rushes or catches.
2018 -- Played in four games, collecting one solo tackle against UC Davis and one assisted tackle versus Southern Utah ... was a redshirt under new NCAA rule that allows true freshmen to play in up to four games without losing his redshirt option ... two carries for 28 yards in 2019 Spring Game, including a 25-yard run as well as a three-yard touchdown run.
2017 -- Played football at Army Prep .... transferred to Cal Poly with five years to play four seasons.
High School -- A 2017 graduate of Kimball High School in Tracy, Calif. --- under head coach Dave McPherson, was a 1,000-yard rusher as a senior in 2016 and earned Valley Oak League's Outstanding Utility Player as he was a running back, tight end and linebacker ... netted 1,059 yards on 151 carries, averaging 7.0 yards per trip and scoring nine touchdowns ... career-high 229 yards on 33 carries against West Tracy, scoring four touchdowns ... also had five 100-yard contests ... made three catches .. as a linebacker on defense, notched 71 total tackles (38 solo), including four sacks ... rushed for 196 yards as a junior ... also played soccer ... decided to be a Mustang "to further my education and play collegiate football."
Personal -- Son of Sean and Tracy Rivera ... one brother, Mason ... wants to get into business ... born in Tracy, Calif. ... majoring in sociology.
