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Rice Football 2024: SHSU Game Week Practice Report

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Rice football opens the season against Sam Houston State, their first home opener in six years. Here’s what we learned from the Owls at practice this week.

After practicing against guys wearing the same colored jersey for weeks, everyone around South Main is ready for Rice football to kick off its season this coming Saturday against Sam Houston. That includes some somewhat unexpected starters, a few key transfer pieces nursing injuries and a few new tech toys for head coach Mike Bloomgren and his program to incorporate into their new reality.

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Rice Football 2024 Season Preview: Preseason Superlatives

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The 2024 Rice football season is right around the corner. Here’s the final forecast for player superlatives this fall.

There are high expectations for a host of individual Rice football players this season. The roster is deep and there appear to be playmakers at a variety of positions. Handing out superlatives is always a challenging exercise, but this year felt particularly difficult compared to years past. Here’s where I landed. Who did I miss? Which other players have breakout campaigns in 2024?

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Rice Football Depth Chart Questions and Stadium Notes: August 2024 Q&A

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The 2024 Rice Football season is around the corner. What does that mean for the depth chart and when are we getting news on the stadium front? Here’s the latest.

There’s a lot going on around South Main these days. Fall camp wrapped up last week and the 2024 Rice football season kicks off next week against Sam Houston on brand new turf that was utilized by the team for the first time on Friday morning. Could stadium news be coming soon? And what will the first depth chart of the season look like when it is officially released? This month’s Q&A focuses on those two topics.

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Q: Are we expecting any update on the plan for Rice Stadium in the near future?

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Rice Football 2024 Season Preview: Rising Stars

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Which new faces will emerge as difference makers for Rice football in 2024? The Roost picks three rising stars for the upcoming season.

An annual tradition, this Rising Stars segment attempts to highlight potential differential players for the 2024 Rice football team that might not quite be household names… yet. Transfers, freshmen and newcomers of all kinds have graced this list in recent years.

With two weeks before the season starts, it’s time to lock in the picks. Here are our 2024 Rising Stars.

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Rice Football 2024 Fall Camp Notebook 4: The Rise of Taji Atkins

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Freshman running back Taji Atkins continues to impress whenever Rice Football takes the field. Nothing has been too big for this talented newcomer.

There’s been a “Here’s What Taji Atkins Did Today” section of every report I’ve written from camp thus far, and for good reason. The freshman runner continues to dazzle whenever he gets the football. On Saturday he carried the ball eight times for 41 yards, scoring three touchdowns. As if that wasn’t enough, on the first play of the short-yardage situation drills, Atkins bounced a ball outside and kept running until he reached the endzone.

On a play where he was asked to get one yard, he got 50.

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