Philip Rivers (born December 8, 1981 in Decatur, Alabama) is a professional American football quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was drafted in the 1st round of the 2004 NFL Draft as one half of the Manning-Rivers draft trade which sent him to San Diego and the 1st overall pick, Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning, to the New York Giants. Rivers played college football at North Carolina State University. Throu...
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Philip Rivers (born December 8, 1981 in Decatur, Alabama) is a professional American football quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was drafted in the 1st round of the 2004 NFL Draft as one half of the Manning-Rivers draft trade which sent him to San Diego and the 1st overall pick, Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning, to the New York Giants. Rivers played college football at North Carolina State University. Through week 14 of the 2009/10 NFL season - Rivers' career quarterback rating is 95.3, second all-time only to Steve Young, and Tony Romo (95.4) among NFL quarterbacks with at least 1,500 pass attempts. (Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning's passer rating stands at 95.1). Also, among active QBs - Rivers' starting quarterback winning percentage of .690 ranks third-best behind Tom Brady (.775), Ben Roethlisberger (.697).
After starting Chargers quarterback Drew Brees went to the New Orleans Saints after the 2005 season, Rivers was named the...
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