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Head Coach: Ryan Silverfield
Record at School: 42-20 (5 Yr) | Career FBS Record 42-20 (5 Yr)
Offensive Coordinator: Tim Cramsey | Defensive Coordinator: Jordon Hankins
With the new offense comes a complete makeover of the Rice football tight end room. The new scheme will require some new skill sets, but fortunately for the Owls, they already had several players on campus who could fulfill those demands and impressed in their newfound tasks during the spring. This relatively unknown group could play a big role in the offense this fall.
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College athletics is attempting to implement significant changes in the weeks leading up to the beginning of the 2025 Rice Football season. Some of the adjustments make sense, but many of them bring uncertainty and more questions. This Q&A focuses on those outstanding items and things that require a bit more clarification to fully take in.
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The seventh edition of our Rice Football opponent summer preview series is now available in your podcast feeds. Returning guest Jared Kalmus, who covers UTSA for Alamo Audible, joins the show to refresh us on the Roadrunners and where things stand for the program following a relatively down year, if recent history should be any indication. Listen in.
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Myers finished with three hits across his last two games before the break, entering the All Star break on a high note after a phenomenal start to his 2025 season. Myers is fifth on the Marlins in batting average, and second in stolen bases despite appearing in only 66 games, ninth most on the team.
Through the break, Myers is hitting .282 with 12 extra-base hits, 13 walks and 47 strikeouts. His OPS is .711 and he’s collected 23 RBI and stolen 14 bases.
Myers was the only other Rice Baseball alum active on a major league roster in the first half, briefly getting the call to The Show for one day without appearing in a game before heading back to join the AAA affiliate. Gray has appeared in 17 MLB games across the past two seasons with the Rays and the Marlins.
Rendon has been out of the news since it was reported he would miss a significant amount of time following hip surgery this spring. There have been no updates from the Angels or his camp since then.
Canterino underwent season-ending surgery this spring and was released by the Twins before subsequently signing back with the club on a minor league contract while he undergoes rehab.
The following Owls began the season in AAA: