Player Dossier

2020-2023

USC

Brenden Rice

WR • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Chandler, AZ, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Brenden Rice reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

47

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Colorado • USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Brenden Rice built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado and USC. The clearest part of Brenden Rice's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8987

Hamilton · Chandler, AZ

Committed To
Colorado
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 5
Overall
No. 225
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Brenden Rice, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · USC. Brenden Rice reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,821
Receptions
111
Touchdowns
23

Quick Answers

Brenden Rice quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,821
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 40 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Arizona State
Recruit profile
4-star · Hamilton · Colorado
High school pipeline
Hamilton · 51 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 7 · Pick 5 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
791 receiving yards · WR 78th (top 8%) · Pac-12 13th (top 7%) · National 78th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonColorado46120443.1
2021 Regular SeasonColorado1021299344.5
2022 PostseasonUSC146174257.6
2022 Regular SeasonUSC1433437257.6
2023 Regular SeasonUSC12457911275.6

Related Context

Brenden Rice played WR for Colorado and USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brenden Rice recorded 54 rushing yards, 1,821 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

USC paired 791 primary output with 89 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 71.7 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, USC.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

30

Efficiency

71.7

Usage

8.8

Consistency

56.1

Best Game by takeover score

Utah

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 5. Stanford: 38. San Diego State: 16. Utah: 61

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. UCLA: 1 by 33.3. Stanford: 2 by 100. San Diego State: 2 by 53.3. Utah: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins19.7 · Games = 3 · -41.3 vs Losses
Losses61 · Games = 1 · +41.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Utah

Best efficiency game

100 vs Utah

Result
Sat 12/12vs UtahL 21-381616161161
Sat 11/28vs San Diego StateW 20-1021688010
Sat 11/14@ StanfordW 35-322381919134
Sun 11/8vs UCLAW 48-42155505

Player Story

Brenden Rice story

Brenden Rice built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado and USC. The clearest part of Brenden Rice's career was his receiving role: 111 catches, 1,821 receiving yards, 21 touchdowns, and 54 rushing yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with USC. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 54 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 636 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado and USC.

The arc is straightforward: Brenden Rice moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Colorado

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    USC

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonColorado12071.78.8
2021 Regular SeasonColorado29958.117.6179
2022 PostseasonUSC61175.611.4312
2022 Regular SeasonUSC61175.611.40
2023 Regular SeasonUSC7918916.3180

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arizona State

Week 4 · W 42-28 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

133

Receiving Yards

96.8 takeover

133 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs UCLA

Week 12 · L 20-38 · Conference game

147

Receiving Yards

95.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

147 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Arizona

Week 7 · W 34-0 · Conference game

111

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

111 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Arizona

Week 6 · W 43-41 · Conference game

96

Receiving Yards

86.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

96 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Oregon

Week 9 · L 29-52 · Conference game

102

Receiving Yards

86.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

102 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · USC

791 primary output · 89 efficiency · 16.3 usage

75.6

#2

2022 Postseason · USC

57.6

611 primary · 75.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · USC

57.6

611 primary · 75.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage

Milestones

5

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games