Utah State University Athletics

HONORS 
Second-Team All-Mountain West (2021); Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (9/10/21; 9/18/21; 10/18/19); First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (2020); First-Team All-Mountain West (2019); Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10/10/20); Walter Camp Football Foundation FBS Defensive Player of the Week (10/10/20).

2021 (SENIOR SEASON)
Earned second-team all-Mountain West honors as he started all 14 games... Finished the season first on the team with 124 tackles (61-solo, 63-assist), which included 1.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss, which ranked second on the team... Also tied for first on the team with three interceptions and tied for second with two forced fumbles... Added two pass breakups and one blocked kick... Was fourth in the MW and 25th in the nation in tackles per game (8.9), and fourth in the MW and 35th in the nation in interceptions (0.21 pg)... Named the MW Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks against North Dakota (9/10) and Air Force (9/18)... Had nine tackles, which included 1.0 tackles for loss, to go along with a career-high two interceptions against UND... Against AFA, he tied his career high with 14 tackles, which included 2.0 tackles for loss, to go along with an interception in the red zone and a forced fumble on the last drive of the game... Had double-digit tackles in six games during the season, including 10 stops in back-to-back-to-back outings against Wyoming (11/20), New Mexico (11/26) and No. 19 San Diego State (12/4) in the MW Championship Game.... Also had 1.0 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss against the Aztecs... Finished the season with nine tackles and a fourth-quarter forced fumble in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl win against Oregon State (12/18)... Tied his season high with 2.0 tackles for loss against Hawai’i (10/30)... Had a tackle for loss in 11 games and recorded at least five tackles in all 14 games, including eight games with at least nine stops and 10 games with at least eight tackles.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL (ARKANSAS STATE) 
Earned first-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors during the 2020 season at Arkansas State as he finished the year with 76 tackles, which included 7.0 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss, to go along with one pass breakup in 11 games... Led the nation with his 18.5 tackles for loss, while his 7.0 sacks tied for the 19th-most in the nation... Posted two double-digit tackle outings during the season, including a career-high 14 stops against Troy, which included 2.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss... Had a career-high 3.0 sacks and a career-best 4.0 tackles for loss as part of his 12 total tackles against Central Arkansas as he was named the Sun Belt’s Defensive Player of the Week and the Walter Camp Football Foundation FBS Defensive Player of the Week... Also had 3.0 tackles for loss in a win at Kansas State, and 2.5 tackles for loss against both Coastal Carolina and South Alabama. 

PREVIOUS SCHOOL (FRESNO STATE) 
Spent four seasons at Fresno State (2016-19) and earned first-team all-Mountain West honors as a junior after starting all 12 games in his first full year on the defensive side of the ball... Recorded 112 tackles, which included 3.0 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss, to go along with four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two interceptions, eight pass breakups and one safety... Led the team and ranked 21st in the nation in tackles per game (9.3)... Also tied for fourth at the FBS level with his four forced fumbles... Had double-digit tackles in eight games, with a four-game streak from Sept. 28 to Oct. 26, including a season-high 13 tackles against Air Force... Was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week following his 10-tackle performance, and forced a fumble that he returned 18 yards for a touchdown, against UNLV... His safety was against San José State, while his interceptions were against USC and New Mexico... Had a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss as part of his 11 total tackles against San Diego State... Redshirted the 2018 season as he played in four games and logged four tackles... Played in 10 games as a sophomore in 2017 and finished the year with nine tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss, in his first full season on the defensive side of the ball... Played in six games as a true freshman in 2016 and earned one start at running back... Totaled nine carries for 11 yards and two receptions for 15 yards on the year. 

HIGH SCHOOL 
Two-time Offensive MVP of the Valley Oak League... Division III Player of the Year after leading Central Catholic High School in Modesto, California, to a 16-0 record, the California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section playoff Division III section title and the small school open state championship, one of three consecutive state championships he helped lead Central Catholic HS to... 2014 and 2015 Modesto Bee Stanislaus District Player of the Year... Rushed for a school-record 2,698 yards with 32 touchdowns as a senior... Had 1,331 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns in six postseason games in 2015... Had 2,146 yards rushing and 30 touchdowns as a junior, to go with 35 receptions for 600 yards and three more scores... Is the only running back in Stanislaus District history with multiple 2,000-yard rushing seasons... Ran for a then-school record 307 yards in the Nor Cal final against Capital Christian HS as a junior... As a senior, he rushed for 200 or more yards in five of the final nine games during the regular season, including breaking his own school record with a 325-yard performance in the Nor Cal final against Marin Catholic HS... In 11 career postseason games, he tallied 2,305 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns, averaging 10.5 yards per carry... Posted a total of 4,845 yards and 62 touchdowns on 444 carries, good for 10.9 yards per attempt, in his prep career... Also caught 51 passes for 819 yards and three touchdowns in high school.

PERSONAL 
Son of Jeff and Juleana Rice... His older brother Jared was a tight end at Fresno State... His father Jeff played football at Cal (1984) and UC Davis (1985-88)... Graduated with a degree in anthropology from Fresno State in the spring of 2020... Is pursuing his second bachelor’s degree in journalism.