Rice Recruiting
Class dashboards, positional mix, and pipeline geography.
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Recruiting context
Rice recruiting pipeline
Recruiting results explain where the future roster is coming from before those players show up in season stats. This tab groups Rice commits by class year, position, star rating, hometown, and high school so the pipeline is easier to read than a flat list.
The selected 2017 class includes 17 commits, with an average star rating of 2.18. Use the national rankings link to compare the class against the rest of college football.
Class DNA
2017 Rice: Development class
Development class built from class size, blue-chip share, top-end talent, position balance, and pipeline geography.
Outcome snapshot: 0 matched transfer departures from this selected class, with broader win and development context available in Talent Usage.
- Class Score
- 68.66
- Blue-Chip Rate
- 0.0%
- Top Position
- Defensive Back
- Top Pipeline
- TX
Recruiting Dashboard
Explore recruiting classes by season, track positional balance, and visualize incoming talent pipelines.
Total Commits
17
Average Stars
2.18
Blue-Chip Recruits
0(0%)
Top Pipeline State
TX • 15
Portal Departures
None
Entire class retained so far.
Star Rating Mix
Distribution of commitments by star rating in 2017.
Positional Breakdown
Snapshot of position groups represented in the class.
Star Rating Trend
Recent average star ratings to visualize momentum on the recruiting trail.
Commit List
17 recruits found in 2017.
| Portal Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miklo Smalls | ATH | 3★ | 82.2 | 6'2" | 215 lbs | Plano, TX | Plano East | Retained |
| George Nyakwol | CB | 3★ | 81.7 | 6'0" | 175 lbs | Houston, TX | Aldine Eisenhower | Retained |
| Kenneth Orji | WDE | 3★ | 81.3 | 6'2" | 215 lbs | Missouri City, TX | Elkins | Retained |
| Corbin Smith | OT | 2★ | 79.6 | 6'5" | 300 lbs | Nederland, TX | Nederland | Retained |
| Isaiah Richardson | CB | 2★ | 79.3 | 6'0" | 193 lbs | Richmond, TX | Foster | Retained |
| TyRae Thornton | CB | 2★ | 79.3 | 6'0" | 165 lbs | Houston, TX | Cy Ridge | Retained |
| Randall Royall | ILB | 2★ | 78.6 | 6'2" | 220 lbs | Houston, TX | Stratford | Retained |
| Austin Trammell | WR | 2★ | 78.3 | 5'10" | 170 lbs | Spring, TX | Klein | Retained |
| Garrett Grammer | ILB | 2★ | 78.2 | 6'1" | 209 lbs | Richmond, TX | Foster | Retained |
| Chris Boudreaux | WR | 2★ | 77.8 | 6'1" | 185 lbs | Beaumont, TX | Beaumont Central | Retained |
| Cameron Montgomery | APB | 2★ | 77.5 | 5'7" | 155 lbs | Stafford, TX | Stafford | Retained |
| Gregor MacKellar | OT | 2★ | 77.5 | 6'4" | 310 lbs | Aurora, ON | St. Andrews College | Retained |
| Brandt Peterson | TE | 2★ | 77.2 | 6'6" | 245 lbs | Austin, TX | Hyde Park Baptist School | Retained |
| Jaeger Bull | TE | 2★ | 76.8 | 6'4" | 210 lbs | Corpus Christi, TX | Flour Bluff | Retained |
| Trey Schuman | SDE | 2★ | 76.8 | 6'2" | 250 lbs | Burleson, TX | Burleson | Retained |
| Will Harrison | K | 2★ | 76.1 | 5'11" | 175 lbs | Westfield, IN | Westfield | Retained |
| Shea Baker | OC | 2★ | 75.8 | 6'2" | 270 lbs | Austin, TX | Cedar Ridge | Retained |
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