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The 2024 Rice Football season is right around the corner. Season Preview content starts rolling out this week! Subscribe now for access.

In prior years, The Roost has offered digital magazines previewing the upcoming Rice Football and conference seasons. To streamline the process and give you one place to access everything, we made the transition to Patreon to ensure everything is in one place.

For the upcoming 2024 season, all Rice football season preview content and opponent previews will be available for subscribers on Patreon and gathered into one portal on the website right here. Not a subscriber yet? We’re offering a 7-day free trial.

Subscribers will get access to every premium update on the site during their trial period. That includes hundreds of posts… and counting. There are a couple of 2024 Rice Football season preview pieces already on the site and more will be pushed out over the next several weeks.

Read the previews, check out some of our recent features, go back and refresh yourself on spring ball and more. Then, once you’ve seen checked it out yourself, we hope you make the decision to stick around for the season.

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Rice Football 2025 Spring Practice Notebook 5: Slot School

Posted: April 6, 2025

There’s been a lot to learn with this new-look Rice Football offense during spring practices, including the introduction of a new position: slot. Keeping track of where players are lining up and where they go after the snap has been an adventure in the new offense Rice football is installing this spring. Head coach Scott […]

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Rice Football Recruiting: Breaking Down the 2025 Signees – Defense

Posted: February 7, 2025

The 2025 Rice Football Recruiting class includes several hand-picked impact players on defense and special teams. Here’s how those sides of the ball stacks up. The 2025 Rice football recruiting class began with 12 signees during the Early Signing Period, the first recruiting haul for new head coach Scott Abell. That group has since been […]

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2024 Rice Football Opponent Season Preview: Tulane

Posted: July 31, 2024

Under the leadership of a new head coach, Tulane aims to continue their winning ways. What can Rice Football expect from the Green Wave in 2024? Head Coach: Jon SumrallRecord at School: 0-0 (1 Yr) | Career FBS Record 23-4 (2 Yr)Offensive Coordinator: Joe Craddock | Defensive Coordinator: Greg Gasparato Jon Sumrall went 23-4 at […]

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2024 Rice Football Season Preview: Running Back

Posted: July 10, 2024

Next up in our 2024 Rice Football Season Preview: running back. Here’s our breakdown of the Owls’ plans for the group this season. Rice football has a bonafide star in the running back room, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be a one-man show in the Owls’ backfield this fall. How will the coaching […]

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2024 Rice Football Opponent Season Preview: Army

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Army has been fairly consistent under Jeff Monken for quite a while now. What can Rice Football expect from the Black Knights in 2024?

Head Coach: Jeff Monken
Record at School: 70-55 (10 Yr) | Career Record 70-55 (10 Yr)
Offensive Coordinator:  Cody Worley
Defensive Coordinators: Nate Woody

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2024 Rice Football Season Preview: Quarterback

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Next up in our 2024 Rice Football Season Preview: quarterback. Here’s our breakdown of the Owls’ plans for the group this season.

For the umpteenth year in a row, there’s a new quarterback in town. Rice football will trot out yet another opening day starter, but that might not necessarily be a bad thing for the Owls, who are exceedingly high on Temple transfer EJ Warner. What does Warner bring to South Main and what will his time at the helm of the offense look like? Here’s a preview of the quarterback position in 2024.

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Rice Football Recruiting: WR Tucker Cusano commits to Owls

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Another offensive weapon has joined the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class. Coppell wide receiver Tucker Cusano has committed to the Owls.

The summer months in Houston are heating up and so is the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class. Fresh off a series of camps and visits the Owls have landed another pledge to build their future ranks. Coppell wide receiver Tucker Cusasno has committed to the Owls.

Rice was quick to the trigger with Cusano, identifying him as someone they wanted with an offer on June 1. Roughly three weeks later he was in the fold, securing his commitment over previous offers from Army, Sam Houston and others. That’s a relatively fast turnaround in the world of modern college football recruiting, but the mutual excitement on both sides underscores surpasses the quick timeline.

“I felt like the team had the best mentality I wanted to be around,” Cusano told The Roost. He also cited the coaching staff’s NFL experience and ability to get players to the pros as a factor in his decision. The fruits of Luke McCaffrey’s ascent to a Top 100 pick seem to already be bearing fruit.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Cusano joins a physically imposing group of pass catchers that includes 6-foot-6, 185-pound wideout Keenan Arcega-Whiteside and 6-foot-2, 200-pound tight end Luke Tevis. The Owls are definitely getting some power to go along with a roster that leans more toward raw speed at the skill positions.

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Cusano’s film is an exciting watch. He has soft hands and is willing to take on contact, powering through arm tackle and getting past the first defender with regularity. His ability to win one one-on-one and convert contested catch opportunities bode well for his development in the future. Cusano is tough and he’ll fit right in with this program.

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Rice Football Recruiting: TE Luke Tevis commits to Owls

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The 2025 Rice Football recruiting class is starting to pick up steam with a multi-commitment day. Tight end Luke Tevis has committed to the Owls.

As the summer camp cycle starts to pick up the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class is growing along with it. Rice added a pledge from wide receiver Keenan Arcega-Whiteside earlier in the day only to double down with another pass catcher that same morning. Paschal tight end Luke Tevis has committed to the Owls.

Landing Tevis represents a tremendous win for Rice, even if it comes relatively early in the recruiting calendar. The playmaking tight end already held offers from fellow AAC foes UTSA and North Texas, as well as Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech and a few service academies.

Winning head-to-head battles in Texas is always important, especially when it involves taking a player from the DFW area away from a rival program in the same league.

The addition of Tevis and Arcega-Whiteside brings the 2025 Rice Football recruiting class up to five players spanning both sides of the ball from the trenches to the skill positions. It’s a well-rounded start for a program that looks to build on a robust roster that returns the vast majority of its contributing players heading into the 2024 season.

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In a highlight-centric world, most offensive recruits open their film clips with a big play down the field ending in a touchdown. It’s probably fitting then that the very first highlight in Tevis’ full-season review is a punishing block that ends with a would-be tackler being laid horizontal with force. Tevis showcases his abilities as a receiver and runner, too, but that big hit says a lot about what he values about his game and undoubtedly was attractive to this coaching staff.

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