Philip Rivers Is Retiring After Playing Seventeen Seasons In The NFL For San Diego, Los Angeles And Indianapolis

Philip Rivers played collegiality for the team located in North Carolina’s capital from 2000-2003 on the gridiron where he completed 1087 passes , had 1710 attempts and threw for 13484 yards! “according to www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/philip-rivers-1.html

Then the quarterback was selected by the New York Giants in the 2004 NFL Draft as the fourth overall pick but he wouldn’t stay a New York Giant for long!

Why?

Because he was to traded then the San Diego Chargers for Eli Manning who like Phillip Rivers was drafted in the first round as first pick in the 2004 NFL Draft but unlike Phillip Rivers was drafted out of Mississippi . “according to https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2004/draft.htm

When?

On April 24, 2004! “according to Philip Rivers biography on colts.com”

There he would play quarterback for thirteen seasons for the San Diego Chargers before they changed their name to the Los Angeles Chargers in 2017 and moved to Los Angeles where he would play three seasons before moving on to Indianapolis in 2020 which would be his last season in the NFL!

Why?

Because Philip Rivers is retiring!

Why?

Because last summer Phillip Rivers accepted the head coaching job at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Alabama, where he hopes to coach his sons -- just like his father coached him. “according to an article by ESPN on espn.com

During his final season in the NFL Philip Rivers threw for 4,169 yards, 24 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and had a quarterback rating of 62.5. “according to www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/5529/philip-rivers