| USC Trojans – No. 2 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | American Popular Culture |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 18, 2002 Chandler, Arizona, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | Hamilton (Chandler, Arizona) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Brenden Rice (born March 18, 2002) is an American football wide receiver. He played college football for the USC Trojans. Rice is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice.[1]
Rice attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona and played football as a wide receiver. He also played basketball and was a sprinter on the track team. Rice was rated a three-star recruit and committed to the University of Colorado Boulder on October 15, 2019.[2]
In 2020, Rice had 6 receptions for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Colorado Buffaloes. In 2021, he had 21 receptions for 299 yards, along with 17 kickoff returns for 469 yards and 6 carries for 54 yards.
Rice entered the transfer portal on January 1, 2022. He transferred to USC on January 18, 2022.[3]
On December 8, 2023, Rice announced that he would forgo his remaining year of college eligibility and enter the 2024 NFL draft.[4]
| Season | Games | Receiving | Returning | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Colorado Buffaloes | |||||||||||
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 2 | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 299 | 14.2 | 3 | 17 | 469 | 27.6 | 0 | |
| USC Trojans | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 14 | 12 | 39 | 611 | 15.7 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 644 | 17.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Career[5] | 39 | 32 | 103 | 1,674 | 16.3 | 20 | 23 | 636 | 27.7 | 1 | |
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 2+3⁄8 in (1.89 m) |
208 lb (94 kg) |
33 in (0.84 m) |
9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) |
4.50 s | 1.55 s | 2.64 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) |
9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) |
13 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[6][7] | ||||||||||||