The Mississippi State football team has been waiting for word on whether or not Chauncey Rivers would be declared eligible for the 2017 football season. Fans learned today what the NCAA decided about the talented defensive end.
Chauncey Rivers will not be eligible to play football in the 2017 season. He is not qualified academically and will have to sit out its entirety. Rivers was projected to be a starter for Mississippi State at defensive end.
Rivers will redshirt this season and still have two years of eligibility when the 2018 season begins. But the Bulldog coaching staff made a concerted effort in the 2017 recruiting cycle to stock up on JUCO players in an attempt to fill gaps in a porous defense from 2016.