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Name: Justin Rice (Double Transfer from Arkansas State/Fresno State)
College: Utah State
Number: 3
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 226
Position: Pos2: OLB/ST
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2022
40 Low: 4.60 40 Time: 4.65 40 High: 4.70
> Projected Round: Stock: 
Projected High: 7th Low: HPFA
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Data Scout Notes: X-7-HPFA-Ball Magnet/Fan of His/Grinder Zach Thomas-like w/Speed/13GP-115TT-13.5TFL-1.5SK3INT in 21 2021: 2ndC...PBednarik...2020: 1stC...Double Transfer from Arkansas State/Fresno State...BednarikSemifinalist...Transfer from Fresno State to Arkansas State...PDPOY/Pnagurski/Pbednarik...2019: 1stC...Wore #29 in '19. 1st team All-Mountain West w/112 TT, 8
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Weight: 226
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Dates: 03/23/22
Hand: 08 5/8 Arm: 32
Wingspan: 74 3/4
Height: 6016
Weight: 226
40 Yrd Dash: 4.65
20 Yrd Dash: 2.70
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 17
Vertical Jump: 32
Broad Jump: 09'05"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.44
3-Cone Drill: 7.18
40 Time Range: 4.65 Twice/Projected: 4.74/-.09
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Justin Rice, Utah State, Player News
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2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST SECOND TEAM (COACHES): LB - Justin Rice, Sr., Utah State,...Rice, a 6-2, 225-pound linebacker from Modesto, California (Central Catholic HS/Arkansas State) earned all-league honors for the third time in his career, as he was named first-team all-Sun Belt Conference in 2020 at Arkansas State and first-team all-MW in 2019 at Fresno State. Rice, who was named the MW Defensive Player of the Week twice this season, leads the team with 105 tackles and five double-digit tackle outings. H e is also tied for the team lead with three interceptions and is second with 12.0 tackles for loss. On the season, Rice is fourth in the MW and 28th in the nation in tackles (8.8 pg), eighth in the MW and 58th in the nation in interceptions (0.25 pg), an d eighth in the MW in tackles for loss (1.00 pg). - Utah State Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022  ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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SEPT 20 MOUNTAIN WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JUSTIN RICE, UTAH STATE, Senior, Linebacker, Modesto, California/Arkansas State,...In a Mountain West-opening victory at Air Force, tied a career high with 14 tackles, including a pair of tackles for lo ss, to go along with an interception and forced fumble...In the four-point victory, the interception came in the end zone, ending an Air Force scoring drive...Forced fumble came on Air Force's final drive of the game late in the fourth quarter with the A ggies leading 49-45. Utah State got the ball back on its own 25-yard line and the offense ran out the remainder of the clock. - Mountain West Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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SEPT 13 MOUNTAIN WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JUSTIN RICE, UTAH STATE, Senior, Linebacker, Modesto, California/Arkansas State,...In a victory over North Dakota, registered a career-high two interceptions to go along with a season-best nine tackles, including one for loss...The two interceptions were tied for the second-most in a single game this season...The second interception led to the last touchdown. - Mountain West Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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The Utah State Aggies on Saturday received a commitment from a third player who is following new head coach Blake Anderson to Logan from Arkansas State, but that's not the only connection linebacker Justin Rice will have to his new home. For the first fe w years of his collegiate career, Rice starred at Fresno State before transferring to ASU, meaning he'll be returning to the Mountain West Conference. How good was Rice at Fresno State? He garnered first team MWC honors in 2019 and was named the conferen ce's preseason Defensive Player of the Year in 2020 before transferring late to Arkansas State when it appeared as though the MWC wouldn't play in the fall. Then in his lone season at Arkansas State, the 6-foot-2, 225-pound Rice tallied 76 tackles, 18.5 of which went for a loss, which led the entire NCAA. - Deseret News
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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2020 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: Justin Rice, Arkansas State, LB,...Leading the nation in tackles for loss (18.5), Rice is a Bednarik Award semifinalist and was on the Bronko Nagurski Watch List this season. He piled up 18.5 tackles for loss to g o along with 76 tackles and 7.0 sacks. His tackles total included 57 solo stops that are tied for the fourth most in the country, while he ranks tied for 17th in total sacks. An East-West Shrine Bowl selection, Rice was named the Mountain West Conference Preseason Defensive Player of the Year before transferring to A-State from Fresno State. He made an immediate impact on A-State's defense as his 76 tackles not only led the team, but also rank eighth in the Sun Belt. - Arkansas State Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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2020 CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD SEMIFINALIST: LB Justin Rice, Arkansas State,...The Red Wolves' first ever Bednarik Award semifinalist, Rice has piled up 18.5 tackles for loss this season to go along with 76 tackles and 7.0 sacks. His tackles total includes 57 solo stops that are tied for the second most in the country, while he ranks tied for 13th in total sacks. The Modesto, Calif., native was named the Mountain West Conference Preseason Defensive Player of the Year before transferring to A-State from Fresn o State. He made an immediate impact on the Red Wolves' defense as his 76 tackles not only lead the team, but are the sixth most in the Sun Belt Conference.He also needs just two more tackles for loss to tie the sixth most in league history. Rice has posted double-figure stops in three games this season and 11 times in his career, while also posting multiple tackles for loss in seven outings during 2020. He was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation's National Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 12 after recording 12 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks during the Red Wolves' 50-27 win over Central Arkansas. - Arkansas State Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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OCT 12 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Justin Rice, Arkansas State,...Senior linebacker Justin Rice posted a season-high 12 tackles while also finishing Arkansas State's 50-27 victory over Central Arkansas with career-best totals for both tackles for loss (4.0) and sacks (3.0). Not only were Rice's 3.0 sacks the most by a Sun Belt Conference player this season, they tied the seventh most in A-State history for a single game. His 3.0 tackles for loss were also the most by a Sun Belt player this ye ar. The Modesto, Calif, native has now posted at least 2.5 tackles for loss in each of A-State's last three games and his 9.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage for the entire year lead the Sun Belt. With his 3.0 sacks against the Bears, he also ran his season total to a Sun Belt-high 4.0 on the year. - Sun Belt Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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OCT 11 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JUSTIN RICE, ARKANSAS STATE, Senior, Linebacker, Modesto, CA/Modesto,...Justin Rice totaled 12 tackles, including four for losses, and three quarterback sacks as Arkansas State defeated Centra l Arkansas, 50-27. With the win, Arkansas State improved to 2-2. Notes: Justin Rice is the first Arkansas State player to earn Walter Camp National FBS Player of the Week honors, and the second from the Sun Belt this season (Louisiana LB Ferrod Gardner, Sept. 13). - The Walter Camp Football Foundation
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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Justin Rice was in Albuquerque, N.M., when he received a call from SMU Coach Sonny Dykes and defensive coordinator Kevin Kane. Rice, a standout linebacker from Fresno State, was on his way to Jonesboro to play for Arkansas State University. Dykes and Kan e were hoping to change his mind. "What do I do?" Rice asked his father, Jeff. " Do I make a turn and go south, or do I keep heading toward Arkansas?" The brief conversation kept Rice heading east, keeping the promise he made to Arkansas State. A day lat er, the Modesto, Calif., native found himself in Jonesboro joining his new teammates two weeks before their season opener. For Rice, the 2020 season might be the most important of his career. Picked as the preseason Mountain West Conference defensive pla yer of the year, he's expected to be selected in the 2021 NFL Draft.But after the Mountain West announced its decision Aug. 10 to postpone fall sports, Rice put his name in the transfer portal Aug. 14. Rice has received attention from dozens of sc hools, including multiple Big 12 programs, according to his dad. But Arkansas State offered two things that most other schools couldn't - a scholarship and the likelihood of immediate playing time. "Agents have told us he needs to play, and he needs to s how that he's making progress while he's playing. So when the Mountain West shut down, we're like, OK, now what do we do?" Jeff Rice said. "Teams that are playing this fall are hot and heavy in fall camp. And every day that went by was going to put him i n a worse spot to kind of be prepared for a season. So we kind of did two years of high school recruitment in a three-day period. And he made the decision about 24 hours before hitting the road down there." - Northwest Arkansas Times
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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If Fresno State is able to play football in spring 2021, the Bulldogs will have to do so without their best defensive player. Senior linebacker Justin Rice - the preseason Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year - announced Friday that he is entering the transfer portal. Since Rice already graduated with a bachelor's degree in anthropology, he will be eligible to play immediately as a graduate transfer. Considering Rice's performance last season - 112 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 2 intercep tions to go along with a spot on the All-Mountain West First Team - he could be a prime target for a school in the ACC, Big 12 or SEC. - The San Joaquin Valley Sun
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: LB Justin Rice, Fresno State,...Named to 2020 Bednarik Award preseason watch list...Named a 2019 All-Mountain West first team selection....Racked up 112 total tackles to lead Fresno State and rank third i n the Mountain West in '19...Ranked fourth in the MW with 9.3 tackles per game; also good for 21st-most in the FBS in '19. - Fresno State Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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2020 MOUNTAIN WEST PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Justin Rice, Sr., LB, Fresno State,...Rice, who earned first-team all-conference honors in 2019, enters just his second full year on the defensive side of the ball. As a junior, the native of Mod esto, California, racked up 112 tackles, including eight tackles for loss and three sacks. The 112 total tackles were the third-most in the MW last season. Rice also forced four fumbles, which were the fourth-most in the nation in 2019. Within the last w eek, Rice was named to the Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Award Preseason Watch Lists, both honoring the national defensive player of the year. - Mountain West Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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2020 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: LB Justin Rice, Fresno State,...Named a 2019 All-Mountain West first team selection...Racked up 112 total tackles to lead Fresno State and rank third in the Mountain West in 2019...Ranked fourth in the MW with 9. 3 tackles per game; also good for 21st-most in the FBS in 2019...He was one of 13 players in the FBS to force four fumbles or better, and one of three players to accomplish that feat playing in 12 games or less in 2019. - Fresno State Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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Fresno State linebacker Justin Rice, a first-team all-Mountain West linebacker last season, is one of five players from the conference to be selected to the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award. The senior from Modesto is the top returning tackler in the Mountain West, racking up 112 total tackles a year ago including 65 solo while also tied tor the conference lead with four forced fumbles. - Fresno Bee
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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The California State University system - including Mountain West members Fresno State, San Diego State and San Jose State - will not hold in-person fall classes because of the coronavirus, calling into question what will happen with athletics. A repeated mantra among college sports administrators is that if students aren't on campus, sports won't take place. This could provide the first test of that stance as it threatens the football season, which drives revenue for NCAA athletics. In a statement Tuesd ay evening, the Colorado Springs-based Mountain West conference said further determinations are needed from public health and safety figures before any sweeping declarations are made regarding the fall sports season. "No decisions on athletics have been made," the statement said. Air Force football is scheduled to visit Fresno State on Sept. 26 and go to San Jose State on Oct. 10. - Colorado Springs Gazette
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): LB - Justin Rice, Jr., Fresno State,...Racked up 112 total tackles (65 solo, 47 assisted) to lead Fresno State and rank third in the Mountain West...Ranked fourth in the Mountain West with 9.3 tackles per game ; also good for 23rd-best in the FBS...Ranks second in the Mountain West with 5.4 solo tackles per game; tied for 18th-best in the FBS...Recorded double-digit tackles in eight of 12 games...Registered a career-best 13 tackles at Air Force...He was one of 12 players in the FBS to have forced at least four fumbles. He is forcing .33 fumbles per game which is tied for the fifth-highest frequency in the FBS...Was one of 25 players in the nation to have caused at least six turnovers. - Fresno State Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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OCT 21/WEEK 8 MOUNTAIN WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JUSTIN RICE, FRESNO STATE, Junior, Linebacker, Modesto, California/Central Catholic HS,...In Fresno State's Friday night victory over UNLV, recorded a game high 10 tackles, one forced fumble and o ne fumble recovery...Kicked off a 20-0 scoring run for the Bulldogs with an 18-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown with 3:58 left in the third quarter. This was Fresno State's first fumble return for a touchdown since Oct. 26, 2013...Was a key part of a Bulldog defensive unit that forced five turnovers in a game for the first time since Oct. 5, 2013 at Idaho. - Mountain West Football
(DS#16 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Justin Rice, Utah State
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