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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Garland A. Rivers
(born November 3, 1964(1964-11-03) in Canton, Ohio) is a former
professional American football defensive back who was drafted in the
1987 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He
played briefly for the Chicago Bears in the 1987 NFL season after having
starred as an All-American for the Michigan Wolverines football team for
whom he set the single-game tackles record as a sophomore. This record
still stands. After returning to the University of Michigan to complete
his bachelors degree, he returned to professional football for several
seasons in the Arena Football League. However, before returning to
professional football he became embroiled in a scandal involving sports
agents engaging amateur athletes.
