Rashee Rice

#11 · WR · Sr. · SMU6′2″ · 203 lb · North Richland Hills, TX · Richland

Rashee Rice: WR · SMU · #11.

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Rashee Rice

WR · SMU · Sr · #11

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for three head coaches at SMU: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt and Rhett Lashlee. First career honor, 2022: All-AAC. A game that shows it: 193 receiving yards and 11 receptions against Maryland — Week 3, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

SMU in the news

Former SMU coach June Jones diesWFAA Oct 30
Temporary restraining order granted for BJ EdwardsOU Daily Oct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
SMU releases depth chart for Syracuse gameOn3 Oct 27

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	SMU	96	1,355	14.1	10	75
2021	SMU	64	670	10.5	9	62
2020	SMU	48	683	14.2	5	55
2019	SMU	25	403	16.1	1	61
Career		233	3,111	13.4	25	75

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 21 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@ No. 21 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	14.1	10	75

Signature game

Week 13 · 2022

W 34-31

vs Memphis

13 rec · 147 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With T. Mordecai — 228 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.4 · 13 rush yds (4 car) · R. Daniels — 25 rush yds (3 car) · 2 rec · 13 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Preston Stone pass complete to Rashee Rice for 75 yds for a TD, (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 7 · Navy · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.11Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 68 yds to the Navy 20 for a
Week 9 · Tulsa · 2nd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.95Preston Stone pass complete to Rashee Rice for 41 yds to the TULSA 36 for a TULSA Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 1 · North Texas · 3rd and 16 · Q2 · EPA +3.63Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 23 yds to the NoTex 46 for a
Week 1 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.55Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 54 yds to the NoTex 23 for a
Week 1 · North Texas · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 27 yds to the NoTex 29 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Memphis · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.53Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 24 yds for a TD, (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 4 · TCU · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 19 yds for a TD, (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 13 · Memphis · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Kevin Jennings pass complete to Rashee Rice for 39 yds to the SMU 48 for a
Week 1 · North Texas · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.18Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Rashee Rice for 24 yds for a TD, (Jahari Rogers KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

2021SMU8-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 94 (#3 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

94All-America level #3 of 488 · 2022?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

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

2022 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Pass share

51.5%

513 pass / 483 run

Plays / game

76.6

13 games

Team sack rate

3.9%

539 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

94 · #3 of 488 WRs · 2022

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

Rashee Rice

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Style of play

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at SMU, drafted

2019 8 games

2022 12 games

2023