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Rice Football: First glimpse at probable 2021 returners

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Rice Football players have returned to campus for offseason activities, giving us our first clear indication of who intends to return for 2021.

Rice Football welcomed its players back to campus on Friday following the winter break. In a typical year, this wouldn’t be much in the way of an event, rather a mere formality. It is anything but in 2021, which still bears the marks of an unpredictable 2020 season.

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What makes this year so unique is the additional year of eligibility afforded to all players who otherwise would have finished their careers in December. Those who have moved on needn’t worry about the offseason conditioning programs or spring practice. That means, for the first time, we have a fuzzy list of who will most likely be on the roster in 2021.

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Rice Football Recruiting: Flight School 21 wows as National Signing Day nears

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The 2021 Rice Football recruiting class is winding down, but the future Owls still in action have been impressing on the gridiron.

It’s been a relatively calm few weeks for the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class. The Owls have only added two new players to the fold since the Early Signing Period, both transfers.

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New Mexico transfer wide receiver Tre Patterson made his pledge to the Owls in mid-December, just after the Owls signed the majority of their class. Quarterback Jake Constantine made his announcement on January 5, a few days after being offered on New Year’s Day. That tandem will be among the last few additions to this class, which is starting to fill out quite nicely.

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Rice Football 2020: NFL Owls Divisional Round update

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Rice Football is well represented on 2020 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in the Divisional Round.

There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player. Four Rice football alums made the playoffs this year.

Divisional Round Schedule

Green Bay def. Los Angeles Rams, 32-18
Buffalo def. Baltimore, 17-3
Tampa Bay def. New Orleans, 30-20
Kansas City def. Cleveland (Sendejo), 22-17

Championship Round Schedule

Buffalo at Kansas City, Sunday – 2:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Green Bay, Sunday – 5:40 p.m.

NFL Owls Update

Luke Willson, Chris Boswell and Vance McDonald were each eliminated from the NFL Playoffs in the Wild Card Round. Willson’s Seahawks fell to the Rams. Boswell and McDonald’s Steelers were bounced by the Browns.

Andrew Sendejo – Saf, Browns

Sendejo played in both of the Browns’ playoff games this season. He had five tackles and one pass deflection in their victory over the Steelers in the Wild Card Round. On Sunday against the Chiefs, he had one tackle. The Browns have been eliminated. Sendejo finishes the year with 72 total tackles and three pass deflections.

Offseason Owls

Jack Fox picked up more accolades this week, being named an NFL’s second-team All-Pro selection. He was the only Owl to receive All-Pro honors.

Former Rice football defensive lineman Myles Adams has signed a futures contract with the Seahawks. Adams spent time with the Panthers’ practice squad this year before signing with the Seahawks practice squad at the end of the season.

More Owls in the NFL

From practice squads to current free agents, there are other Owls on the cusp of returning to active rosters. Find more detail on current contractual agreements and former Rice football players waiting for their next opportunity here.

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Rice Football: linebacker Blaze Alldredge enters Transfer Portal

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Rice Football linebacker Blaze Alldredge has entered the Transfer Portal. He will be missed at South Main.

The first few weeks of the offseason passed quietly for Rice football. The Owls picked up a few additional recruits, but for the most part, things were quiet on South Main. That silence was broken this week with two big news items regarding two of the most influential players on the 2020 team.

Wide receiver Austin Trammell will play in the College Gridiron Showcase, marking the end of his collegiate career as he aspires to a pro career. It appears that Trammell’s teammate and fellow team captain Blaze Alldredge will not return to South Main in 2021 either, instead, he has chosen to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, confirmed by The Roost.

A senior this past fall, Alldredge came to Rice from junior college. He’ll take advantage of the blanket waiver extended to all athletes that participated in FBS football in the fall, giving him one more year of collegiate eligibility.

The list of accolades Alldredge amassed in three years at South Main is staggering. He finished second in the nation in tackles for a loss during his junior season, receiving all-conference honors in each of the past two seasons. He’s been among the best at his position in Conference USA since he arrived. Now, presumably, he’ll use his post-graduate season at a Power 5 program.

Alldredge is the most notable player to enter the portal following the season. So far, Chris Boudreaux, Jonathan Sanchez and jawan King are the only other Owls to enter. Like Alldredge, both Boudreaux and Sanchez would be graduate transfers.

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Conference USA Football and COVID-19: Postponements abound in 2020

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Conference USA football struggled in its battle against COVID-19 this fall. Here’s the final total of postponements and cancelations.

The impacts of COVID-19 were ever-present on the 2020 Conference USA football season. No program was immune. From Western Kentucky, which played 12 games and had just one game postponed, to Charlotte, which had NINE games impacted, schedules were adjusted on the fly.

A total of 37 games involving Conference USA football teams were postponed following the start of the season in late August. Compared to the 116 games scheduled, that’s a postponed/cancelation rate of 31.9 percent.

From a national perspective, Conference USA was near the bottom of the barrel when it came to scheduling success. The SEC, which shares somewhat of a similar geographic footprint, had only two scheduled regular season games unplayed at the end of the year.

In comparison, Conference USA had just three weekends in the regular season without any games canceled. The first came in Week 1, which was missing two originally scheduled games (Rice vs Houston and FIU vs Jacksonville State) but those had been postponed indefinitely during the summer. All scheduled games were played in Week 8 and then in Week 15, which included only the conference championship game.

Graph – Postponements and Cancelations by week

Graph – Postponements and Cancelations by team

List – Postponements and Cancelations by team

SchoolOpponentH/AAt FaultReasonWeek
FIUUCFAwaySelfSeason Delay2
LA TechBaylorAwaySelfCOVID2
MarshallECUAwayOppCOVID2
CharlotteNorth CarolinaAwaySelfCOVID3
FAUGeorgia SouthernAwaySelfCOVID3
CharlotteGeorgia StateAwayOppCOVID4
FAUUSFHomeOppCOVID4
North TexasHoustonAwaySelfCOVID4
UTSAMemphisHomeOppCOVID4
MarshallRiceHomeOppSeason Delay5
RiceMashallAwaySelfSeason Delay5
FAUSouthern MissAwaySelfCOVID6
RiceUABHomeSelfSeason Delay6
Southern MissFAUHomeOppCOVID6
UABRiceAwayOppSeason Delay6
CharlotteFIUHomeSelfCOVID7
FIUCharlotteAwayOppCOVID7
Southern MissUTEPAwaySelfCOVID7
UTEPSouthern MissHomeOppCOVID7
FIUMarshallHomeSelfCOVID9
MarshallFIUAwayOppCOVID9
North TexasUTEPAwaySelfCOVID9
UTEPNorth TexasHomeOppCOVID9
CharlotteMiddle TennesseeAwaySelfCOVID10
FIUUTEPAwaySelfCOVID10
LA TechNorth TexasAwayOppCOVID10
Middle TennesseeCharlotteHomeOppCOVID10
North TexasLA TechHomeSelfCOVID10
RiceUTSAHomeOppCOVID10
UTEPFIUHomeOppCOVID10
UTSARiceAwaySelfCOVID10
RiceLA TechAwayOppCOVID11
LA TechRiceHomeSelfCOVID11
North TexasUABAwayOppCOVID11
UABNorth TexasHomeSelfCOVID11
CharlotteGardner-WebbHomeOppCOVID11
LA TechUL MonroeAwayOppCOVID12
UABUTEPAwaySelfCOVID12
UTEPUABHomeOppCOVID12
MarshallCharlotteHomeOppCOVID12
CharlotteMarshallAwaySelfCOVID12
Southern MissUABAwaySelfCOVID13
UABSouthern MissAwaySelfCOVID13
LA TechFIUHomeOppCOVID13
FIULA TechAwaySelfCOVID13
Middle TennesseeFAUHomeSelfCOVID13
FAUMiddle TennesseeAwayOppCOVID13
RiceUTEPHomeOppCOVID13
UTEPRiceAwaySelfCOVID13
CharlotteWKUHomeSelfCOVID13
WKUCharlotteAwayOppCOVID13
Southern MissUTEPAwayOppCOVID14
UTEPSouthern MissHomeSelfCOVID14
UABMTSUAwayOppCOVID14
MTSUUABHomeSelfCOVID14
CharlotteFIUHomeOppCOVID14
FIUCharlotteAwaySelfCOVID14
MarshallFIUAwaySelfC-USA15
FIUMarshallHomeOppC-USA15
MarshallCharlotteHomeSelfCOVID15
CharlotteMarshallAwayOppCOVID15
UABSouth CarolinaAwayOppCOVIDBowl

List – Postponements and Cancelations by week

Week 2

FIU at UCF
LA Tech at Baylor
Marshall at ECU

Week 3

Charlotte at North Carolina
FAU at Georgia Southern

Week 4

Charlotte at Georgia State
FAU vs USF
North Texas at Houston
UTSA vs Memphis

Week 5

Rice at Marshall

Week 6

FAU at Southern Miss
UAB at Rice

Week 7

FIU at Charlotte
Southern Miss at UTEP

Week 9

Marshall at FIU
North Texas at UTEP

Week 10

Charlotte at Middle Tennessee
FIU at UTEP
LA Tech at North Texas
UTSA at Rice

Week 11

Rice at LA Tech
North Texas at UAB
Charlotte vs Gardner-Webb

Week 12

LA Tech at UL Monroe
UAB at UTEP
Charlotte at Marshall

Week 13

Southern Miss at UAB
LA Tech at FIU
FAU at Middle Tennessee
UTEP at Rice
WKU at Charlotte

Week 14

Southern Miss at UTEP
UAB at MTSU
FIU at Charlotte

Week 15

Marshall at FIU
Charlotte at Marshall

Bowls

UAB at South Carolina

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