Brenden Rice

Former wide receiver at USC. 2023: 45 catches, 791 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · USC · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 210 lb · Chandler, AZ

CFB Index 73 · #66 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLos Angeles — drafted 2024, Rd 7, Pick 5, #225 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 327 nationally · Signed with Colorado

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2023: 45 catches, 791 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Colorado in 2020.
Transferred from Colorado to USC in 2022.
Drafted round 7 by the Los Angeles in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at USC, 1,821 receiving yards — drafted at #225 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 174 yds vs Tulane.Tulane · L 45-462022

20204 games

Signed with Colorado4-star out of Hamilton

202214 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202312 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

2024

Drafted by Los Angelesround 7, pick 225

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#327 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #225

Los Angeles · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

3 coaches

2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022–2023

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

#225Rd 7 · Pick 5

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

73Quality starter #66 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#18 / 639 · 97th pct

16.7%

EPA / target#29 / 639 · 96th pct

1.33

Yards / catch#92 / 639 · 86th pct

15.9

Explosive rate#155 / 639 · 75th pct

18.8%

Catch rate#266 / 639 · 58th pct

85.4%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#9 / 566 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#59 / 566 · 89th pct

17.6

Long catch#63 / 566 · 88th pct

Rec yards#78 / 566 · 86th pct

791

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Receptions#140 / 566 · 75th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

88th → 96th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 75th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 58th percentile

TD rate

64th → 97th percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 86th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.4	63.6	24.4	0.7
Road5g	4.2	69.2	15.4	1.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	64.6	23.9	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	67.8	16.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #66 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #66 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	USC	45	791	17.6	12	--
2022	USC	39	611	15.7	4	--
2021	Colorado	21	299	14.2	3	--
2020	Colorado	6	120	20.0	2	--
Career		111	1,821	16.4	21	--

Season	Team
2023	USC	--	--	--	--	--
2022	USC	--	--	49	--	--
2021	Colorado	6	54	469	--	--
2020	Colorado	--	--	37	81	1
Career		6	54	555	81	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 43–41

vs Arizona

4 rec · 96 yds

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With C. Williams — 219 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.3 · 41 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD · E. Czaplicki — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · UCLA · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +7.11Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 74 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 2 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08Brenden Rice 75 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 4 · Arizona State · 4&7 · Q1 · EPA +5.98Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 43 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 6 · Arizona · 2&20 · Q2 · EPA +4.43Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 53 yds to the ARIZ 32 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Washington · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +3.65Brenden Rice 25 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 11 · Oregon · 4&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.40Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 9 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 5 · Colorado · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 18 yds to the COLO 45 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.02Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 37 yds to the ORE 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Arizona State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Brenden Rice 29 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Caleb Williams Pass to Mario Williams for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 5 · Colorado · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Caleb Williams pass complete to Brenden Rice for 6 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week