Player Dossier

2016-2021

Utah State

Justin Rice

LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Modesto, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Justin Rice shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

15.4

Efficiency

50.6

Consistency

52.8

Season Value

46.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Fresno State • Arkansas State • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Arkansas

Scouting Read

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Justin Rice, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State. Justin Rice shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.6 disruption score.

Justin Rice played LB for Fresno State, Arkansas State, and Utah State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Justin Rice recorded 11 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards, and 325 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Arkansas State paired 29.5 primary output with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 50.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Fresno State, Arkansas State, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Utah State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

50.6

Usage

15.4

Consistency

52.8

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. Washington State: 1. North Dakota: 3. Air Force: 1. Boise State: 2.5. BYU: 0.5. UNLV: 0.5. Colorado State: 2. Hawai'i: 2.5. New Mexico State: 2. San José State: 0. Wyoming: 1.5. New Mexico: 0. San Diego State: 3.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 9 by 37.5. Washington State: 7 by 39.2. North Dakota: 9 by 67.5. Air Force: 14 by 60. Boise State: 10 by 66.7. BYU: 7 by 34.2. UNLV: 5 by 25.8. Colorado State: 10 by 61.7. Hawai'i: 8 by 58.3. New Mexico State: 7 by 49.2. San José State: 8 by 33.3. Wyoming: 10 by 56.7. New Mexico: 10 by 41.7. San Diego State: 10 by 76.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.4 · Games = 11 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

76.7 vs San Diego State

Result
Sun 12/19@ Oregon StateW 24-1394000
Sat 12/4@ San Diego State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 46-131061.5010
Fri 11/26@ New Mexico10+ tacklesW 35-10104000
Sun 11/21vs Wyoming10+ tacklesL 17-441051.5000
Sun 11/14@ San José StateW 48-1785000
Sat 11/6@ New Mexico StateSplash gameW 35-1375100
Sat 10/30vs Hawai'iSplash gameW 51-318420.500
Sat 10/23vs Colorado State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 26-24106100
Sat 10/16@ UNLVW 28-24510.5000
Sat 10/2vs BYUL 20-34730.5000
Sat 9/25vs Boise State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 3-271021.5001
Sat 9/18@ Air Force10+ tacklesW 49-451490010
Sat 9/11vs North DakotaSplash gameW 48-24941020
Sun 9/5@ Washington StateW 26-2373100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Fresno State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas State

    2020

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Utah State

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State000
2017 Regular SeasonFresno State214.43.92
2018 Regular SeasonFresno State08.41.6-2
2019 Regular SeasonFresno State2357.716.723
2020 Regular SeasonArkansas State29.556.817.96.5
2021 PostseasonUtah State2050.615.4-9.5
2021 Regular SeasonUtah State2050.615.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Central Arkansas

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8

Primary metric

8 disruption/tackle impact with 79.8 takeover score.

#2

USC

5

Primary metric

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.4 takeover score.

#3

Troy

5

Primary metric

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.6 takeover score.

#4

San Diego State

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64 takeover score.

#5

North Dakota

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 57.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State

29.5 primary output · 56.8 efficiency · 17.9 usage

58.5

#2

2019 Regular Season · Fresno State

51.9

23 primary · 57.7 efficiency · 16.7 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Utah State

46.7

20 primary · 50.6 efficiency · 15.4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

20

Splash games

17

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

3

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

325

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 47 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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