DeVon Rice

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-9
Weight:
182
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Bishop Gorman

2024: Played in four games as a kickoff return specialist, retaining his redshirt… Returned four kickoffs for 97 yards (24.3-yard average)… Had three returns for 70 yards (23.3-yard average) – including a season long of 36 yards – at Colorado, while he returned on kickoff for 27 yards against Arizona State… Had one carry against Cincinnati, while he also saw time in the Rate Bowl against Rutgers.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Bishop Gorman under head coach Brent Browner... Regarded as the 66th-best running back in the Class of 2024 by ESPN, while the organization viewed him as the fifth-best overall player in the state of Nevada... Rated as an athlete by 247Sports, which ranked him 92nd in the nation, in addition to ranking him the fourth-best prospect in the state... Named to the 2023 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada football team... Helped the Gales capture three state championships during his career as the Gales finished the season No. 1 in the nation by USA TODAY... Bishop Gorman also won the 2022 ESPN GEICO Bowl... Rushed for 1,679 yards and 25 touchdowns during his career in addition to hauling in 18 receptions for 350 yards and seven scores... First K-State signee from the state of Nevada since at least 1989.

PERSONAL: DeVon (pronounced duh-VON) Rice was born October 21, 2004... Son of Rodney and Fredia Rice... Has three siblings, Rodney Jr., Darius and Quenton... Father, Rodney, played football at BYU before spending the 1989 (New England) and 1990 (Tampa Bay) seasons in the NFL... Brother, Quenton, is on the K-State track and field team... Majoring in kinesiology.