Football

The leading scorer and the offense’s Swiss Army Knife who could seemingly do it all, Dean Connors is our 2024 Rice Football Team MVP. One of the most productive running backs to ever step foot on South Main, Dean Connors was the runaway favorite to be the 2024 Rice Football Team MVP before the season […]

Gabe Taylor, a veteran leader who anchored one of the best defenses in the AAC, is our 2024 Rice Football Defensive Player of the Year. A fifth year senior playing in his final season on South Main, safety Gabe Taylor left it all on the field this year. Through all the ups and downs, Taylor […]

A fixture of the Rice football defense for half a decade, Josh Pearcy defined what it meant to be the 2025 Rice Football Iron Man. Hearing terms like “sixth-year senior” is more common than ever. Often players that reach that point of their collegiate careers have been in school for that long, but need to […]

The 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class has its QB1. Hebron High School quarterback Patrick Crayton Jr. has committed to the Owls. In search of a quarterback for the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class since he arrived, new head coach Scott Abell finally has his man. Dual-threat Hebron High School quarterback Patrick Crayon Jr. has committed […]

The first edition of the 2025 Rice Football Spring semester roster has been released, and it contains several fascinating takeaways. School is back in session and a parliament of Owls, both new and old have adorn the first release of the 2025 Rice Football roster. Some names are familiar. Many are not. Here’s a rundown […]

The 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class is getting more help in the trenches. Michigan offensive line transfer Cole Morgan has committed to the Owls. The run on talent in the trenches continues for the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class. On the same day they picked up a pledge from defensive enforcer Dillan Botts from Mary […]

The 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class gained some reinforcements in the trenches. Mary Hardin-Baylor transfer defensive lineman Dillan Botts has committed to the Owls. Following a high school-centric Early Signing Period, the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class continues to pick up steam from Transfer Portal additions this winter. The latest hails from the DIII ranks. […]

The Ivy League pipeline is paying dividends for the 2025 Rice Football Recruiting picks. Yale transfer offensive lineman Sean Sullivan has committed to the Owls. Over the years Rice Football recruiting has reaped the benefits of Ivy League rules which restrict graduate students from participating in sports. That’s left many high academic football players searching […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action this season. There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player. Team NFL Owl(s) This Week Result Playoffs Detroit Lions Jack Fox (P)Myles […]

The 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class has its specialist. UTSA transfer kicker Chase Allen has committed to the Owls. Head coach Scott Abell has continues to add to the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class through the transfer portal. He’s supplemented a large high school signing class with several Transfer Portal additions, so far, including this […]

The last man standing in the wide receiver room this season, Matt Sykes is our 2024 Rice Football Offensive Player of the Year. A year removed from a one-catch season, Matt Sykes was expected to enter the fall as, at best, the fourth option in the Owls’ passing game. Instead, he became the go-to guy […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 17. There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player. Team NFL Owl(s) This Week Result Next Week Detroit Lions Jack […]

2024 was filled with highs and lows for Rice Athletics. The Roost picked out 10 moments that stood out the most along the way. 10. Rice basketball defeats Memphis It was a season of mixed results, but the high points were worth savoring for Rice basketball this year. Head coach Scott Pera’s team earned perhaps […]

A lot has happened since Rice football hired head coach Scott Abell. Where does the program stand concerning staffing, the portal and more? Interspersed between Rice basketball games, holiday happenings and so much else, Rice football has had a busy month of its own, with a good amount of change happening since head coach Scott […]

Scott Abell’s first new high school addition to the 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class is in. Offensive lineman Justin Michaelis has committed to the Owls. The first objective for Scott Abell was to retain as many existing commitments to the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class as possible. With that objective largely met and a dozen […]

One record-setting return was only part of a tremendous season for Quinton Jackson, our 2024 Rice Football Special Teams Player of the Year. Quinton Jackson set a program record when he returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown against UConn on October 26. The return was one of the most exciting moments in a […]

The Transfer Portal continues to be good to the 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class. JUCO safety Jo Chavez has committed to the Owls. Christmas came a bit early for the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class. Roughly an hour after an announcement that wide receiver Aaron Turner would be transferring to Rice the Owls added another […]

The 2025 Rice Football recruiting class just landed its first offensive addition from the Transfer Portal. Cincinnati transfer WR Aaron Turner has committed to the Owls. The new offensive scheme was always going to require some new pieces, several of which were destined to come from the Transfer Portal. The first new addition by Scott […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 16. There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player. Team NFL Owl(s) This Week Result Next Week Detroit Lions Jack […]

A breakout sophomore season solidified linebacker Ty Morris as the 2024 Rice Football Rising Star. There might not be an official statistic for it, but Ty Morris led the Rice football in “Woah” plays on defense. The kind of plays that force onlookers to straighten up in their seats and take a closer look at […]

Rice football head coach Scott Abell has announced eight new position coaches and a few additional staffers who will join him in his first season on South Main. “I am so excited about the staff we are surrounding our program with,” Abell stated in a release from the Rice football program on Friday. “Quality people […]

Our annual podcast award show, The Roosties, marks the final installment of the 2024 Rice Football season review. And the winner is…? While the website will track the more traditional postseason superlatives, our final episode of The Roost Podcast every year means its time to issue The Roosties, our spin on postseason awards, from the […]

The first transfer portal addition in the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class is in the fold. JUCO CB Jerrick Harper has committed to the Owls. JUCO corner Jerrick Harper is the first transfer addition of the 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class and the first non-high school signee of the Scott Abell era. Abell made it […]

Rice Football has its next defensive coordinator. Sources confirm to The Roost that linebacker coach Jon Kay is expected to be promoted to the position. It didn’t take Rice football head coach Scott Abell to find a replacement for former defensive coordinator Brian Smith. Sources tell The Roost that Abell zeroed in quickly on current […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 15. There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player. Team NFL Owl(s) This Week Result Next Week Detroit Lions Jack […]