Brenden Rice

#2 · WR · Sr. · USC6′3″ · 210 lb · Chandler, AZ · Hamilton

Brenden Rice: WR · USC · #2.

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Brenden Rice

WR · USC · Sr · #2

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2023: All-Pac-12. A game that shows it: 147 receiving yards and 8 receptions against UCLA — Week 12, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

USC in the news

Simeon Jones Jr. commits to USC247Sports Nov 2
USC fans storm field after upset winUSA Today Nov 1
Top-150 recruit commits to USCOn3 Oct 21
$70M buyout talk for RileyYahoo Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	USC	45	791	17.6	12	75
2022	USC	39	611	15.7	4	74
2021	Colorado	21	299	14.2	3	62
2020	Colorado	6	120	20.0	2	61
Career		111	1,821	16.4	21	75

Season	Team
2023	USC	--	--	--	--	--
2022	USC	--	--	49	--	--
2021	Colorado	6	54	469	--	--
2020	Colorado	--	--	37	81	1
Career		6	54	555	81	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-28vs San José State	1	12	12.0	1	12
Wk 1	W 66-14vs Nevada	3	37	12.3	1	16
Wk 2	W 56-10vs Stanford	1	75	75.0	1	75
Wk 4	W 42-28@ Arizona State	7	133	19.0	2	43	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 48-41@ Colorado	5	81	16.2	2	26	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 43-41vs Arizona	4	96	24.0	0	53
Wk 7	L 20-48@ No. 21 Notre Dame	2	18	9.0	1	11
Wk 8	L 32-34vs No. 14 Utah	5	34	6.8	0	12
Wk 9	W 50-49@ California	2	33	16.5	1	22
Wk 10	L 42-52vs No. 5 Washington	2	44	22.0	1	25
Wk 11	L 27-36@ No. 6 Oregon	5	81	16.2	1	37
Wk 12	L 20-38vs UCLA	8	147	18.4	1	74	Season-high 147 yds
Total		45	791	17.6	12	75

Signature game

Week 12 · 2023

L 20-38

vs UCLA

8 rec · 147 yds · 1 TD

With C. Williams — 384 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.4 · Z. Branch — 5 rec · 51 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · UCLA · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +7.11Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 74 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 2 · Stanford · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08Williams to Rice: a 75-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Arizona State · 4th and 7 · Q1 · EPA +5.98Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 43 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 6 · Arizona · 2nd and 20 · Q2 · EPA +4.43Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 53 yds to the ARIZ 32 for a
Week 10 · Washington · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +3.65Williams to Rice: a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Oregon · 4th and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.40Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 9 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Colorado · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 18 yds to the COLO 45 for a
Week 11 · Oregon · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.02Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 37 yds to the ORE 40 for a
Week 4 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Williams to Rice: a 29-yard pass.
Week 5 · Colorado · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 6 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)

Teams and coaches

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 73 (#66 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

73Quality starter #66 of 497 · 2023?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#18 / 639 · 97th pct

16.7%

EPA / target#29 / 639 · 96th pct

1.33

Yards / catch#92 / 639 · 86th pct

15.9

Explosive rate#155 / 639 · 75th pct

18.8%

Catch rate#266 / 639 · 58th pct

85.4%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#9 / 566 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#59 / 566 · 89th pct

17.6

Long catch#63 / 566 · 88th pct

Rec yards#78 / 566 · 86th pct

791

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Receptions#140 / 566 · 75th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

88th → 96th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 75th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 58th percentile

TD rate

64th → 97th percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 86th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.4	63.6	24.4	0.7
Road5g	4.2	69.2	15.4	1.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	64.6	23.9	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	67.8	16.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

56.7%

457 pass / 349 run

Plays / game

62.0

13 games

Team sack rate

6.9%

494 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

73 · #66 of 497 WRs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #66 at the position.

Brenden Rice

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

USC in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2020 4 games

2022 14 games

2023 12 games

2024