Another impact offensive player has joined the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class. Hargrave tight end Will Swartz has committed to the Owls.
The recent run of commitments for the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. The program has added players on both sides of the ball, raking in future difference-makers as they go. That includes Hargrave tight end Will Swartz, who committed to the Owls this week.
Swartz chose Rice over offers from UTSA and Arkansas State in yet another head-to-head win over an in-state rival, a common theme among players the Owls have added in the last week.
When it came down to it, Swartz cited the people at Rice as one of his biggest deciding factors. “Everywhere you go at Rice people want you to succeed,” he told The Roost. “From professors to coaches to other players, it’s all around just great genuine people who want to see you flourish.”
A participant in the official visits on campus in mid-June, Swartz didn’t take long to make up his mind. He will be enrolling early next spring, the next in a relatively new high school early enrollment program the Owls launched last year.
Swartz joins fellow tight end Luke Tevis in the class, giving the Owls a tandem of players at the position to serve as building blocks for a unit that continues to grow. The 2025 group already has pledges from multiple offensive linemen, wide receivers and a quarterback.
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When asked to describe his style of play, Swartz delivered this all-timer of a response. “I’m definitely a big-bodied tight end who loves to block,” he said. “There’s no better feeling to me than to move someone against their will.” That toughness and physicality shine through in his film. He’s a reliable pass-catching option, too.
