Philip Rivers will be inducted into the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame this summer, the longtime collegiate showcase announced on Thursday. Rivers will be joined by Kevin Faulk, Von Miller Dak Prescott and Patrick Willis as the newest members of the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame on June 26 in Clear Point, Ala.
Rivers participated in the 2004 Senior Bowl after finishing his collegiate career at N.C. State. While in Mobile, Rivers was coached by the coaching staff of the San Diego Chargers, who a few months later would acquire him in a draft-day swap with the New York Giants in exchange for quarterback Eli Manning.
Rivers was named the 2004 Senior Bowl MVP.
“My Senior Bowl experience in 2004 was awesome,” Rivers said. “I remember the week like it was yesterday. It just so happened that the Chargers’ coaching staff was coaching the team I was on, and I think that was huge for me in the draft process, to say the least. I felt like they already had an interest in me but getting to be on that team…