McCallie Play Maker Eric Rivers

McCallie Play Maker Eric Rivers

Mccallie and baylor.

Eric rivers was making a name for himself playing basketball for mccallie.

He gave up football, but decided to return after the blue tornado's first game last year.

Rivers:"yeah i just thought about it.

Like you only get one opportunity to go through high school, so i just decided i needed to come back and take the opportunity."

Potter:"certainly we needed him."

I'll say.

Rivers starts at receiver, but you'll see him at running back.

Returning kicks and punts.

Heck he even threw a 70-yard touchdown pass this season.

Reporter:"do you want to play some quarterback?"

Rivers:"no i like to stick out in the receiver role because quarterback, you've got to be focused on offense.

You've got to know everything that's going on with all of the other players."

Rivers is also a playmaker on defense.

Coach potter put him at cornerback before mccallie's state title run.

Potter:"as the year went on, people found out more and more where our weaknesses were on defense.

We lost two games late, and we had to make some personnel changes, and that was one of them.

We just knew that putting him in there would eliminate one avenue of attack that people would have."

Reporter:"are you a better offensive player or defensive player?"

Rivers:"i have no idea.

I just love competing on both sides of the ball."

Rivers delivers big numbers for big blue.

Potter:"there's just an awareness that his body has of where he is in space, and what he needs to do.

You know he's a basketball guy.

He understands space, and he understands leverage."

Now this basketball guy is getting football offers.

Rivers:"yeah it was kind of surprising at first, but i realized oh, i am