#11

Rashee Rice

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2022: 96 catches, 1,355 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · SMU · Sr. · #11

6′2″ · 203 lb · North Richland Hills, TX

CFB Index 94 · #3 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamKansas City — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 24, #55 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 817 nationally · Signed with Richland

Statement game13 rec · 147 yds · 1 TDvs Memphis (FBS) · W 34-31

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2022: 96 catches, 1,355 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Richland in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Kansas City in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at SMU, 3,111 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #55 overall by Kansas City.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 193 yds at Maryland.Maryland · L 27-342022

20198 games

Recruited3-star out of Richland

202212 games

All-AACfirst

2023

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 2, pick 55

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#817 national

CFB

College

SMU

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #55

Kansas City · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

3 coaches

2019–2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 4th NFL season

#55Rd 2 · Pick 24

Kansas CityEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019SMU10-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced, fast tempo

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

94All-America level #3 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#131 / 636 · 79th pct

19.8%

EPA / target#140 / 636 · 78th pct

0.92

TD rate#192 / 636 · 70th pct

9.0%

Yards / catch#201 / 636 · 68th pct

13.6

Catch rate#239 / 636 · 62nd pct

82.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#3 / 550 · 100th pct

1355

Receptions#5 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#13 / 550 · 97th pct

Long catch#43 / 550 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#206 / 550 · 62nd pct

14.1

Fumbles lost#193 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 79th percentile

Catch rate

76th → 62nd percentile

TD rate

89th → 70th percentile

Yards / catch

29th → 68th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.3	92.3	13.8	1.0
Road6g	8.7	134	15.3	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.2	127	16.7	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	7.8	99.0	12.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 488 FBS receivers by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #3 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	SMU	96	1,355	14.1	10	--
2021	SMU	64	670	10.5	9	--
2020	SMU	48	683	14.2	5	--
2019	SMU	25	403	16.1	1	--
Career		233	3,111	13.4	25	--

Season	Team
2022	SMU	--	--	--	--	--
2021	SMU	--	--	10	--	--
2020	SMU	--	--	--	--	--
2019	SMU	1	--	--	--	--
Career		1	--	10	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 45–16

vs Lamar

9 rec · 132 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 29-point win at home against Lamar.

With T. Mordecai — 212 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · R. Bujcevski — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Preston Stone pass complete to Rashee Rice for 75 yds for a TD, (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 7 · Navy · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.11Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 68 yds to the Navy 20 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Tulsa · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.95Preston Stone pass complete to Rashee Rice for 41 yds to the TULSA 36 for a 1ST down TULSA Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference ( Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 3&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.63Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 23 yds to the NoTex 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.55Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 54 yds to the NoTex 23 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 27 yds to the NoTex 29 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Memphis · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.53Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 24 yds for a TD, (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 4 · TCU · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 19 yds for a TD, (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 13 · Memphis · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Kevin Jennings pass complete to Rashee Rice for 39 yds to the SMU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.18Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 24 yds for a TD, (Jahari Rogers KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-10@ North Texas	8	166	20.8	1	54	166-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 45-16vs Lamar	9	132	14.7	2	33	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Maryland	11	193	17.5	0	34	Season-high 193 yds
Wk 4	L 34-42vs TCU	6	74	12.3	1	25
Wk 6	L 19-41@ UCF	12	122	10.2	0	18
Wk 7	W 40-34vs Navy	3	74	24.7	0	68
Wk 8	L 27-29vs Cincinnati	4	41	10.3	0	17
Wk 9	W 45-34@ Tulsa	9	180	20.0	2	75	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 77-63vs Houston	9	86	9.6	2	21	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 41-23@ South Florida	6	99	16.5	1	30
Wk 12	L 24-59@ Tulane	6	41	6.8	0	11
Wk 13	W 34-31vs Memphis	13	147	11.3	1	39	147-yard receiving day
Total		96	1355	14.6	10	75