Rice Owls Football Depth Chart
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· Scott Abell
· Rice Stadium
1–5
2026 Record
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Rice Owls Depth Chart 2026
Roster Build:
4 Ret. StartersReturning Starters
·
18 Transfers
·
21 Signees
OC:
Vince Munch
Scheme:
Spread Option
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WR-X
Payton Matthews
Wide Receiver
•
So
•
5'11 • 185 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
2
YDS
31
TD
0
AVG
15.5
Barry Jackson Jr.
#7
Wide Receiver
•
Jr
•
5'11 • 198 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
7
YDS
102
TD
1
AVG
14.6
WR-SL
Davis Lane
#5
Wide Receiver
•
Sr
•
6'1 • 201 lbs
Transferred from
Virginia
Virginia
Season Stats
2026
REC
2
YDS
11
TD
0
AVG
5.5
Colin Leahey
#8
Wide Receiver
•
Fr
•
6'0 • 192 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CAR
7
YDS
19
TD
0
AVG
2.7
LONG
5
Max Mosey
#13
Wide Receiver
•
Sr
•
6'0 • 200 lbs
Transferred from
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
Season Stats
2026
REC
2
YDS
45
TD
1
AVG
22.5
LT
Justin Michaelis
#73
Offensive Line
•
Fr
•
6'4 • 321 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Peyton Farmer
#58
Offensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'6 • 300 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
LG
Patrick Valent
#50
Offensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'3 • 330 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
CM
Clay Mitchell
#74
Offensive Line
•
Fr
•
6'4 • 308 lbs
HS Signee
Sinton
·
Sinton, TX
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
C
Nate Bledsoe
#56
Offensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'4 • 315 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
1
SOLO
1
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Scott Becker
#68
Offensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'2 • 309 lbs
Transferred from
Princeton
Princeton
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
RG
Cole Principe
#71
Offensive Line
•
So
•
6'4 • 310 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Leo Bluhm
#60
Offensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'4 • 315 lbs
Transferred from
Yale
Yale
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
RT
Luke Miller
#53
Offensive Line
•
So
•
6'5 • 304 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Luke Needham
#67
Offensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'5 • 320 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
TE
Preston Zinter
#9
Tight End
•
Jr
•
6'2 • 254 lbs
Transferred from
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Jake Renda
#17
Tight End
•
Sr
•
6'5 • 225 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
WR-Z
Ben Grice
#6
Wide Receiver
•
So
•
6'0 • 194 lbs
Transferred from
Wake Forest
Wake Forest
Season Stats
2026
REC
6
YDS
64
TD
0
AVG
10.7
Jordan Clark
#19
Wide Receiver
•
Fr
•
5'10 • 187 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
15
YDS
171
TD
0
AVG
11.4
MS
Michael Sifford
#22
Wide Receiver
•
Fr
•
5'11 • 164 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
RB
Quinton Jackson
#10
Runningback
•
Sr
•
5'7 • 175 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CAR
10
YDS
61
TD
2
AVG
6.1
LONG
12
DH
D'Andre Hardeman Jr.
#28
Runningback
•
So
•
5'8 • 197 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CAR
52
YDS
200
TD
1
AVG
3.8
LONG
16
Tyvonn Byars
#26
Runningback
•
So
•
5'10 • 217 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CAR
66
YDS
319
TD
2
AVG
4.8
LONG
44
QB
Jacurri Brown
#11
Quarterback
•
Sr
•
6'4 • 227 lbs
Transferred from
UCF
UCF
Season Stats
2026
CMP/ATT
37/76
YDS
424
TD/INT
2/2
CMP%
48.7%
Gael Ochoa
#4
Quarterback
•
So
•
6'2 • 197 lbs
Transferred from
UNLV
UNLV
Season Stats
2026
CMP/ATT
4/9
YDS
65
TD/INT
0/0
CMP%
44.4%
Returning Starter
Transfer
Signee
DC:
Jon Kay
Scheme:
Multiple 3-4
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NT
Aquantis Clemmons
#57
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
5'10 • 286 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
20
SOLO
6
TFL
1.5
SACKS
1
QB HUR
3
PD
0
INT
0
Matthew Aribisala
#15
Defensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'2 • 308 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
9
SOLO
7
TFL
2.5
SACKS
1
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
DE
Joseph Mutombo
#8
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'5 • 271 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
15
SOLO
6
TFL
1
SACKS
0
QB HUR
2
PD
1
INT
0
BB
Braden Bays
#94
Defensive Line
•
Fr
•
6'3 • 269 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
13
SOLO
4
TFL
3
SACKS
0
QB HUR
1
PD
0
INT
0
DT
Dillan Botts
#96
Defensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'1 • 286 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
14
SOLO
6
TFL
2.5
SACKS
2
QB HUR
1
PD
0
INT
0
Christopher Clark-Jolivet
#11
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'1 • 295 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
6
SOLO
2
TFL
1
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
RUSH
Chibby Nwajuaku
#16
Defensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'2 • 246 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
12
SOLO
2
TFL
2
SACKS
2
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Tariq May
#13
Defensive Back
•
Sr
•
6'4 • 244 lbs
Transferred from
Eastern Washington
Eastern Washington
Season Stats
2026
TOT
4
SOLO
0
TFL
1
SACKS
0.5
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
VIPER
AJ Brown
#7
Defensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'0 • 188 lbs
Transferred from
UAB
UAB
Season Stats
2026
TOT
45
SOLO
27
TFL
3
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
2
INT
0
Jo Chavez
#2
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'0 • 194 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
23
SOLO
11
TFL
0.5
SACKS
0.5
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
MLB
Stone Combs
#33
Linebacker
•
Sr
•
6'1 • 227 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
37
SOLO
13
TFL
3
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Micah Barnett
#31
Tight End
•
Sr
•
6'2 • 234 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
WLB
Austin Harnetiaux
#54
Linebacker
•
Sr
•
6'2 • 228 lbs
Transferred from
Nevada
Nevada
Season Stats
2026
TOT
40
SOLO
18
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
2
INT
0
Beau Barton
#14
Linebacker
•
Jr
•
6'2 • 205 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
11
SOLO
3
TFL
0.5
SACKS
0
QB HUR
1
PD
0
INT
0
RCB
Jamir Benjamin
#12
Defensive Back
•
So
•
5'10 • 185 lbs
Transferred from
UCLA
UCLA
Season Stats
2026
TOT
27
SOLO
10
TFL
2.5
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
2
INT
0
Kyren Condoll
#10
Defensive Back
•
So
•
6'2 • 186 lbs
Transferred from
Duke
Duke
Season Stats
2026
TOT
21
SOLO
10
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
SS
Daveon Hook
Defensive Back
•
Sr
•
5'11 • 190 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
6
SOLO
3
TFL
0.5
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
1
Ahran Ogbor
#18
Defensive Back
•
So
•
5'10 • 205 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
8
SOLO
2
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
FS
Koa Akui
#3
Defensive Back
•
Sr
•
5'10 • 193 lbs
Transferred from
Sacramento State
Sacramento State
Season Stats
2026
TOT
32
SOLO
21
TFL
6
SACKS
0
QB HUR
1
PD
4
INT
0
Caden VerMaas
#25
Defensive Line
•
Fr
•
6'0 • 190 lbs
Transferred from
Nebraska
Nebraska
Season Stats
2026
TOT
8
SOLO
6
TFL
1
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
LCB
Zach Cody
#1
Defensive Back
•
So
•
6'0 • 172 lbs
Transferred from
Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina
Season Stats
2026
TOT
2
SOLO
1
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Bailey Fletcher
#20
Defensive Back
•
So
•
5'11 • 190 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
5
SOLO
3
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Jerrick Harper
#5
Defensive Back
•
Sr
•
6'0 • 191 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
5
SOLO
4
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
1
Returning Starter
Transfer
Signee