It’s been a busy month for the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class. The lack of in-person visits hasn’t slowed the Owls down on the recruiting trail at all. The coronavirus pandemic has put the sports world in gridlock. The NCAA suspended all in person on-campus and off-campus recruiting through April 15, making adding new members […]

The 2021 Rice football recruiting class is beginning to take shape. Here’s where the class currently stands with live updates with each commitment. Player Pos. Hometown Commit Date Signed? Blake Boenisch DL Needville, TX 3/9/2020  — Faaeanuu Pepe OL Orange, CA 3/8/2020  — Kenny Seymour LB Houston, TX 3/11/2020  — Aidan Siano LB Prosper, TX […]

Linebacker Aidan Siano from Prosper, Texas has committed to the Owls. He’s the fourth member of the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class. It’s been an eventful spring around the world. And while some things matter much more than football, the Owls have done their due diligence on the recruiting front. Rice has done all they […]

Linebacker Kenny Seymour from Fort Bend Marshall has committed to the Owls. He’s the third member of the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class. The commitment train has not slowed down for the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class. Rice had no commitments in the class entering March. Over the course of a week, they’ve picked up […]

The 2021 Rice Football recruiting class is growing quickly. After a recent visit to campus, defensive lineman Blake Boenisch has committed to the Owls Sometimes good things come in waves. Two days before Blake Boenisch committed the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class was a blank slate, waiting for prospective Owls to add their names to […]

Orange, California offensive lineman Faaenanuu Pepe has committed to the Owls. He is the first commitment of the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class. The ink had hardly dried on the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class before the Owls turned their attention to 2021. On National Signing Day Rice added four new members to their 2020 […]

The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class was a highly-rated, hand-picked collection of players. The numbers reflect the Owls’ effectiveness. The world of college football recruiting is swathed in layers upon layers of grey. Who gets offered by whom makes local and sometimes even national news. Meanwhile, whether or not that offer is “committable” or not […]

National Signing Day has come and hone and the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class is mostly complete. Carter and Matthew break down the newest signees. The majority of the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class was signed during the Early Signing Period. We broke down how they fit with the current roster in our prior podcast […]

The 2020 Rice Football Recruiting class included two National Signing Day splashes. Here’s where the Owls stand with the class mostly complete. Rice added four newly committed players on National Signing Day. JUCO linebacker Jaren Banks and Stanford kicker Collin Riccitelli, both of whom committed earlier in the week, made their decisions official as did […]

Corner Lamont Narcisse has committed to the Owls. He’ll be one of the highest-rated members of the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class. The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class had some room to bolster the secondary on National Signing Day. Corner was a spot the Owls had been looking to reinforce. They ended the cycle with […]

National Signing Day started fast. The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class officially includes defensive back Gabe Taylor, the highest-rated signee in program history. The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class started off National Signing Day with a bang. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Gulliver Prep cornerback Gabe Taylor signed with the Owls. A three-star […]

The 2020 Rice Football Recruiting class will add to their already impressive class on National Signing Day. Stay here for live updates as they happen. We’ll have all the latest news and notes from National Signing Day updated throughout the day. The 2020 Rice Football Recruiting class had 17 players signed prior to today and […]

Here’s where the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class stands on the eve of National Signing Day and some notes on what to expect down the stretch. The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class signed 17 members during the Early Signing Period in December. That left the Owls with plenty of room to bolster their class over […]

JUCO linebacker Jaren Banks will transfer to South Main and be part of the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class as the Owls pluck another transfer. The final weekend before National Signing Day was productive for the 2020 Rice Football Recruiting class. Along with the already announced transfer of former Stanford kicker Collin Riccitelli, Rice will […]

The Stanford-to-Rice pipeline continues to flow toward South Main. Former Cardinal kicker Collin Riccitelli will be join the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class. Mike Bloomgren made it clear upon his hiring that he intended to bring the Stanford culture of Intellectual Brutality to South Main. The 2019 Rice Football recruiting class features two of his […]

The Transfer Portal has made itself a part of the 2020 Rice football offseason. Who’s on their way out and who could be on their way to Houston? Suspensions and outgoing players Aaron Cephus was suspended for the entirety of the 2019 season. After the season, multiple sources told me he was a longshot to […]

With National Signing Day fast approaching, Shadow Creek linebacker Terreance Ellis is the newest member of the 2020 Rice football recruiting class. The 2021 Rice football recruiting class was the center of attention last weekend. The Owls handed out nearly a dozen offers to prospective juniors who won’t be eligible to sign before December of […]

Several new offers were handed out over the weekend to prospective members of the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class. Here’s a rundown of Junior Day. Entering the weekend, the offer list for the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class was extremely short: Wyatt Begeal – QB – Cibolo Steele (TX) Mason Tharp – TE – Klein […]

The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class added a pair of talented wide receivers, picking up commitments from Michael Haack and Casey Tawa. Entering the final weeks of the current cycle, there was room for a few additional pass catchers in the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class. While some were still traveling to and from their […]

The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class had an eventful December. Here’s an overview of The Roost’s coverage of the Owls’ newest additions. The New Year will bring another flurry of activity for the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class. The Owls have another half dozen or so spots to hand out in the class, earmarking several […]

The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class has its first signees. Carter and Matthew break down the new additions and analyze how they fit with the current roster. The Early Signing Period has become the defacto National Signing Day. This year, the 2020 Rice Football Recruiting class inked 17 of its 19 members, holding onto only […]

National Signing Day is in the books and the 2020 Rice Football Recruiting is jam-packed with defensive talent. Here’s an update on that side of the ball. Defensive Line (2) – Cole Latos, Jalen Reeves Getting to the quarterback has been a challenge for Rice in each of the past two seasons. Their 32 sacks […]

The 2020 Rice Football Recruiting class features a ton of talent on the offensive side of the ball and a potential multi-year starter on special teams. Quarterback (2) – Mike Collins (TCU), TJ McMahon (JUCO) During Mike Bloomgren’s first season at Rice, Shawn Stankavage, Jackson Tyner, Evan Marshman, Parker Towns and Wiley Green took snaps […]

The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class is full of special talents and game-changing players, two things which could become increasingly more common at South Main. A lot can change in a year. On the heels of a two-win season, the 2019 Rice Football recruiting class finished No. 11 in Conference USA. There was optimism the […]

The Owls signed their first members of the 2020 Rice Football recruiting class this week, setting the stage for an exciting future at South Main. 1. The 2020 Rice Football recruiting class could be the best ever Recruiting rankings are inherently subjective. If NFL front offices can’t nail their draft classes with several years of […]