2025 Football Roster
Roster
Rice, Sheldon
WR
/ FootballDB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballQB
/ FootballQB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballJACK
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDL
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballTE
/ FootballLB
/ FootballJACK
/ FootballQB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballTE
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballLB
/ FootballQB
/ FootballDL
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDL
/ FootballTE
/ FootballLB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDL
/ FootballWR
/ FootballJACK
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDL
/ FootballJACK
/ FootballWR
/ FootballLS
/ FootballLB
/ FootballTE
/ FootballK
/ FootballDL
/ FootballLB
/ FootballOL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballJACK
/ FootballLS
/ FootballDL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballP
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballLS
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballWR
/ FootballWR
/ FootballWR
/ FootballWR
/ FootballTE
/ FootballTE
/ FootballTE
/ FootballTE
/ FootballDL
/ FootballP
/ FootballDL
/ FootballK
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballK
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ Football
Jersey Number 43
Sheldon Rice
- Position:
- JACK
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fulshear, Texas
- High School:
- Fulshear HS
Bio
High School
Personal
- Prepped at Fulshear
- Three-star prospect (247Sports)
- No. 69 edge rusher nationally (247Sports)
- No. 85 player in Texas (Rivals)
- 2024 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Second Team Defense
- 45 tackles, 16 TFLs and four sacks as a senior
- Also forced one fumble and recovered three fumbles
- Also played basketball
- Scored 15 points in 13 games played with 28 total rebounds
- High school teammates with fellow signee Chance Bryant
- Also competed in track and field
- 12th in shot put at 2024 UIL 5A Region III Championships
- Throw of 47 feet, 0.75 inches at Championships
- 15th in shot put at 2023 UIL 6A Region III Championships
- Throw of 44 feet, 2 inches
- Enrolled at UH in January
Personal
- Hobbies: video games and movies
- Dream job outside of football: owning a business
- High school teammates with Chance Bryant, Nehemiah Warmate and Zane Smith
- Something people don’t know about him: he watches anime and reads Manwha and Manga
- Hidden talent: driving
- Father played football at Ole Miss (1996-00)
- Chose UH because of his relationship with the coaches and the prestige of the business school
- One word to describe him on the field: aggressive
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: chicken and rice
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his father and playing in the NFL
- Favorite childhood memory: his 16-18 birthday’s
- Sports hero: JJ Watt
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: two-time all-state second-team selection
- Gameday ritual: read comics and relax
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04
