{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1989)}} {{About|the American football player|the fictional advertising character|Marcus Rivers (character)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Marcus Rivers | image = | number = 19 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = Lackawanna, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lbs = 218 | high_school = Lackawanna (NY) | college = Buffalo | undraftedyear = 2012 | pastteams = * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2012}})* * Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|2013}})* * Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|2013}})* * Pittsburgh Power ({{AFL Year|2015}})* |highlights = * Second-team All-MAC (2011) | cfl-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510143541/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/5567 | afl = 12900 }} '''Marcus Rivers''' (born August 2, 1989) is an American former football wide receiver. He played college football at the University of Buffalo. He signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2012.
==Professional career==
===Green Bay Packers=== On May 11, 2012, he signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Packers sign 14 non-drafted free agents |url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Packers-sign-14-non-drafted-free-agents/d7c3f148-5e02-43af-87d8-b631bd8978a7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116022056/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Packers-sign-14-non-drafted-free-agents/d7c3f148-5e02-43af-87d8-b631bd8978a7 |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |website=packers.com}}</ref> On June 1, 2012, he was waived by the Packers.<ref>{{cite web | title=Packers sign S Pellerin | website=Packers.com | date=2012-06-01 | url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-sign-s-pellerin-7422668 | access-date=2025-08-24}}</ref>
===Edmonton Eskimos=== On April 18, 2013, he was released before the 2013 CFL season began.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eskimos release three; CFL announces final draft rankings |url=http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2013/04/18/eskimos-release-three-cfl-announces-final-draft-rankings/ |access-date=April 18, 2013 |website=edmontonjournal.com}}</ref>
===Baltimore Ravens=== On June 4, 2013, he signed with the Baltimore Ravens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ravens Sign WR Marcus Rivers |url=http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Ravens-Sign-WR-Marcus-Rivers/24888b26-b4dd-49e3-b4ca-a45438fc4de0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214944/http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Ravens-Sign-WR-Marcus-Rivers/24888b26-b4dd-49e3-b4ca-a45438fc4de0 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=June 4, 2013 |website=baltimoreravens.com}}</ref> On August 11, 2013, he was waived by the Ravens.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Aaron |date=August 11, 2013 |title=Ravens tight ends, receivers welcome competition from new additions |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2013/08/11/ravens-tight-ends-receivers-welcome-competition-from-new-additions/ |access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref>
===Pittsburgh Power=== On November 15, 2014, Rivers was assigned to the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League. The Power folded in November 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiPaola, Jerry |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Power fold for now; AFL remains hopeful of keeping franchise viable |url=http://triblive.com/sports/power/7176299-74/team-power-season#axzz3MUS35m00 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221010611/http://triblive.com/sports/power/7176299-74/team-power-season#axzz3MUS35m00 |archive-date=December 21, 2014 |access-date=December 20, 2014 |publisher=triblive.com}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120722105528/http://www.buffalobulls.com/sports/fball/2010-11/bios/rivers%20marcus%20m5qg Buffalo Bulls bio]
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