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Brenden Rice

WR · USC · Sr. · #2

Los Angeles — drafted 2024, Rd 7, Pick 5, #225 overall
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Brenden Rice

WR · USC · Sr · #2

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#327 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R7 · #225
Los Angeles · 2024

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches
2021
Donte Williams
USC
2022era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Donte Williams → Lincoln Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

#225Rd 7 · Pick 5
Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023USC4579117.612--
2022USC3961115.74--
2021Colorado2129914.23--
Career1051,70116.219--
SeasonTeam
2023USC----------
2022USC----49----
2021Colorado654469----
Career654518----

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2023

W 50–49

at California

2 rec · 33 yds · 1 TD

Edged out California on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Beats you over the top.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

WR

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Cedric Tillman’s 2021 season.

Tennessee · 2021

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 11
#2

Nic Anderson

Oklahoma · 2023

58%
#3

Ali Jennings

Old Dominion · 2022

58%
#4

C.J. Daniels

Liberty · 2021

57%
#5

Jahmal Banks

Wake Forest · 2022

56%

Matches Cedric on

Yards / reception

Differs from Cedric on

TD rate (higher)
Recruiting rating (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.

Kahtero Summers

99%match

Rhode Island · 2023

#2

Keshaun Singleton

South Florida · 2025

97%
#3

Ketron Jackson

Baylor · 2024

97%
#4

Will Vereen

South Carolina State · 2021

90%
#5

Ja'Cory Thomas

Old Dominion · 2025

89%

Matches Kahtero on

Yards per reception
202120222023

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Patrick Bryant's senior season at Illinois (2024).

Illinois · 2024

#2

Camden Brown

Georgia Southern · 2025

All-Sun Belt
66%
#3

Roman Wilson

Michigan · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 20
60%
#4

Lawrence Arnold

Kansas · 2023

58%
#5

Eli Pancol

Duke · 2024

57%

Matches Patrick on

Weight
Reception volume
Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Patrick on

TD rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Brenden Rice

#1

Ketron Jackson

Arkansas · 2022

97%
#2

Keshaun Singleton

South Florida · 2024

97%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
2992021
6112022
7912023

+165%

Up 165% from first season to most-recent.