Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023USC
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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 120 | 4 | 43.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 10 | 21 | 299 | 3 | 44.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | USC | 14 | 6 | 174 | 2 | 57.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | USC | 14 | 33 | 437 | 2 | 57.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 12 | 45 | 791 | 12 | 75.6 |
Related Context
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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
2022 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 75.6 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: Tulane
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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2022 Postseason · USC
Games
14
Receiving Yards / G
43.6
Efficiency
75.6
Usage
11.4
Consistency
39.4
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 174. Rice: 5. Stanford: 20. Fresno State: 18. Oregon State: 28. Arizona State: 72. Washington State: 38. Utah: 6. Arizona: 62. California: 17. Colorado: 70. UCLA: 34. Notre Dame: 25. Utah: 42
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 6 by 100. Rice: 1 by 33.3. Stanford: 1 by 100. Fresno State: 4 by 30. Oregon State: 3 by 62.2. Arizona State: 3 by 100. Washington State: 3 by 84.4. Utah: 1 by 40. Arizona: 5 by 82.7. California: 2 by 56.7. Colorado: 3 by 100. UCLA: 3 by 75.6. Notre Dame: 1 by 100. Utah: 3 by 93.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins35.4 · Games = 11 · -38.6 vs Losses
Losses74 · Games = 3 · +38.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
100 vs Tulane
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/2 | vs Tulane100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | L 45-46 | — | 6 | 174 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 74 |
| Sat 12/3 | vs Utah | L 24-47 | — | 3 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Sun 11/27 | vs Notre Dame | W 38-27 | — | 1 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Sun 11/20 | @ UCLA | W 48-45 | — | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Colorado | W 55-17 | — | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 1 | 32 |
| Sun 11/6 | vs California | W 41-35 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Arizona | W 45-37 | — | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 1 | 34 |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Utah | L 42-43 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Washington State | W 30-14 | — | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 20 |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Arizona State | W 42-25 | — | 3 | 72 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 31 |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Oregon State | W 17-14 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 12 |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Fresno State | W 45-17 | — | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Stanford | W 41-28 | — | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Rice | W 66-14 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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
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Colorado
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
USC
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 120 | 71.7 | 8.8 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 299 | 58.1 | 17.6 | 179 |
| 2022 Postseason | USC | 611 | 75.6 | 11.4 | 312 |
| 2022 Regular Season | USC | 611 | 75.6 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 791 | 89 | 16.3 | 180 |
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
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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