SamfordSports.com SamfordSports.com
Video >>
 

  Marcus Rice

Marcus Rice

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
College Park, Ga.

High School:
Banneker HS

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 215

Position:
Running Back

Experience:
3L

One of the leaders of the team . . . is a very versatile player . . . does a lot of things for the offense that do not show up in the statistics.

2007: Saw action in all 11 games, including six starts . . . rushed 27 times for 99 yards . . . also caught 20 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown . . . had 11 rushes for 46 yards and five receptions for 26 yards and a touchdown at Eastern Kentucky . . . caught five passes for 29 yards against Tennessee State.

2006: Played in all 11 games, starting five at running back . . . rushed 67 times for 322 yards and two touchdowns . . . rushed for 36 yards and scored the game-winning touchdown against Austin Peay . . . rushed 19 times for a career-high 92 yards at Murray State . . . rushed for 67 yards on 12 carries against Tennessee-Martin . . . rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown at Jacksonville State.

2005: Played in 10 games, starting one game . . . rushed 18 times for 57 yards (3.2 ypc) . . . also registered five tackles on the season . . . rushed three times for 14 yards at Eastern Illinois . . . had one rush for 23 yards at Tennessee Tech . . . rushed for 15 yards on two carries against Jacksonville State.

2004: Redshirted . . . participated as a ­member of the Bulldogs' practice squad.

High School: First-team All-South Metro selection . . . as a senior, received the Coaches Award for the most outstanding senior . . . honor roll student.

Personal: Born Oct. 5, 1986 . . . son of Carl Rice and Chantal St. Victor . . . majoring in sociology.