2017 Rice Owls Roster
| No | Name | Pos | Yr | Ht | Wt | Hometown | Last School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Zach Abercrumbia | DT | SO | 6-2 | 300 | Dallas, TX | Skyline |
| 36 | Myles Adams | DL | SO | 6-2 | 280 | Arlington, TX | Mansfield Summit |
| 15 | Uzoma Akunebu | LB | SO | 5-11 | 230 | Austin, TX | St. Stephens Episcopal |
| 66 | Calvin Anderson | OL | JR | 6-5 | 300 | Austin, TX | Westlake |
| 58 | Shea Baker | OL | FR | 6-1 | 295 | Round Rock, TX | Cedar Ridge |
| 34 | Joe Ballard | LB | SR | 6-0 | 205 | Manhattan, KS | Manhattan |
| 19 | V.J. Banks | CB | SR | 6-1 | 195 | Bryan, TX | Travis Bryan |
| 86 | Chris Barnes | P | SO | 6-1 | 255 | The Woodlands, TX | College Park |
| 14 | Christian Bertrand | DB | JR | 5-11 | 200 | Missouri City, TX | Hightower |
| 7 | Justin Bickham | CB | SO | 6-1 | 195 | Pflugerville, TX | Pflugerville |
| 16 | Robbie Blosser | QB | FR | 6-0 | 180 | Thousand Oaks, CA | Bishop Mora Salesian |
| 6 | Chris Boudreaux | WR | FR | 5-11 | 155 | Beaumont, TX | Central |
| 82 | Jaeger Bull | TE | FR | 6-4 | 213 | Corpus Christi, TX | Flour Bluff |
| 83 | Rhett Cardwell | WR | FR | 6-1 | 200 | Houston, TX | Kinkaid School |
| 28 | Aaron Cephus | WR | FR | 6-4 | 205 | Houston, TX | Dekaney |
| 22 | Lawrence Cimino | CB | JR | 5-10 | 180 | Plano, TX | Plano West |
| 9 | Jorian Clark | CB | JR | 5-10 | 185 | Mesquite, TX | Horn |
| 12 | Austin Conrad | WR | FR | 5-11 | 174 | Spring, TX | Klein |
| 4 | Ford Corbett | S | JR | 5-8 | 185 | Ft. Worth, TX | All Saints Episcopal |
| 16 | Joshua Cummings | CB | SO | 5-9 | 190 | Murphy, TX | Dallas Jesuit |
| 79 | Joseph Dill | OL | SO | 6-4 | 330 | Baytown, TX | Lee |
| 3 | Brandon Douglas-Dotson | CB | JR | 5-9 | 180 | Hutto, TX | Hutto |
| 33 | Anthony Ekpe | LB | FR | 6-0 | 225 | Pflugerville, TX | Hendrickson |
| 25 | Nahshon Ellerbe | RB | SO | 5-9 | 205 | Frisco, TX | Trinity Christian Academy |
| 58 | Emmanuel Ellerbee | LB | SR | 6-1 | 235 | Houston, TX | Strake Jesuit |
| 12 | D Angelo Ellis | DB | SO | 5-11 | 165 | Houston, TX | Cy Ridge |
| 53 | Cole Elms | OL | SO | 6-2 | 270 | College Station, TX | Brazos Christian |
| 33 | Emmanuel Esukpa | RB | SO | 5-11 | 230 | Grand Prairie, TX | Mansfield |
| 2 | Jack Fox | K | JR | 6-1 | 215 | St. Louis, MO | Ladue Horton Watkins |
| 92 | Elijah Garcia | DL | FR | 6-5 | 305 | San Antonio, TX | Stevens |
| 4 | Sam Glaesmann | QB | FR | 6-3 | 210 | Waco, TX | Midway High School |
| 51 | Peter Godber | OL | SR | 6-3 | 300 | Toronto, Canada | St. Andrews |
| 99 | Preston Gordon | DT | JR | 6-1 | 280 | McKinney, TX | Frisco Heritage |
| 46 | Garrett Grammer | LB | FR | 6-0 | 217 | Rosenberg, TX | Richmond Foster |
| 37 | Jacob Grams | S | FR | 6-0 | 189 | Houston, TX | Episcopal |
| 18 | Kylen Granson | WR | SO | 6-3 | 220 | Austin, TX | Westlake |
| 49 | DJ Green | LB | SR | 6-1 | 220 | Mesquite, TX | Horn |
| 74 | Jack Greene | OL | FR | 6-4 | 345 | Missouri City, TX | Ridge Point |
| 93 | Parker Hanusa | DL | JR | 6-4 | 260 | Austin, TX | Westwood |
| 25 | Will Harrison | K | FR | 5-10 | 176 | Westfield, IN | Westfield |
| 52 | JaVante Hubbard | DL | FR | 6-2 | 245 | Houston, TX | Elsik |
| 9 | Jesse Hudak | WR | SR | 5-10 | 170 | Pearland, TX | Dawson |
| 17 | J.T. Ibe | S | JR | 6-0 | 200 | Mansfield, TX | Mansfield |
| 42 | Dylan James | LB | FR | 6-4 | 215 | San Antonio, TX | Johnson |
| 81 | Cameron Johnson | WR | SO | 6-1 | 185 | Spring, TX | Klein Collins |
| 56 | Cory Klingler | OL | JR | 6-4 | 305 | Alvin, TX | New Caney |
| 84 | Trevor Long | WR | JR | 6-5 | 240 | East Bernard, TX | East Bernard |
| 68 | Gregor MacKellar | OL | FR | 6-3 | 318 | Timberlea, Canada | St. Andrew's |
| 39 | Clayton Malcomb | DS | JR | 6-0 | 220 | Tomball, TX | Concordia Lutheran |
| 19 | Evan Marshman | QB | FR | 5-11 | 193 | Austin, TX | Houston Christian |
| 54 | Trey Martin | OL | SR | 6-2 | 300 | El Campo, TX | El Campo |
| 36 | Paine Matiscik | FB | SR | 5-8 | 230 | McKinney, TX | Boyd |
| 39 | Camden Miller | LB | FR | 5-10 | 181 | Houston, TX | Episcopal |
| 60 | Crockett Mokry | OL | SO | 6-4 | 290 | McCoy, TX | Pleasanton |
| 8 | Cameron Montgomery | WR | FR | 5-5 | 150 | Stafford, TX | Stafford |
| 59 | Matt Morris | LB | SO | 6-1 | 220 | Boerne, TX | Champion |
| 7 | Jordan Myers | WR | FR | 6-2 | 225 | Dickinson, TX | Dickinson |
| 5 | Dasharm Newsome | DB | FR | 5-11 | 185 | Houston, TX | Cy Ridge |
| 31 | Martin Nwakamma | S | JR | 6-1 | 210 | Leander, TX | Leander |
| 20 | George Nyakwol | DB | FR | 6-0 | 176 | Houston, TX | Aldine Eisenhower |
| 10 | Kenneth Orji | DE | FR | 6-2 | 218 | Missouri City, TX | Elkins |
| 77 | Uzoma Osuji | OL | FR | 6-6 | 280 | Coppell, TX | Coppell |
| 90 | Blain Padgett | DE | JR | 6-5 | 250 | Sour Lake, TX | Hardin Jefferson |
| 89 | Brandt Peterson | TE | FR | 6-6 | 237 | Austin, TX | Hyde Park Baptist |
| 55 | Jae Phan | DE | JR | 6-2 | 220 | Missouri City, TX | Ridge Point |
| 35 | Will Phillips | TE | FR | 6-4 | 250 | Franklin, TX | Franklin |
| 76 | Sam Pierce | OL | JR | 6-6 | 300 | Cypress, TX | St. Pius X |
| 30 | Josh Rahman | DE | SR | 6-0 | 215 | Missouri City, TX | Ft. Bend Austin |
| 23 | Isaiah Richardson | DB | FR | 6-1 | 195 | Richmond, TX | Foster |
| 29 | Houston Robert | S | SO | 6-0 | 185 | Baton Rouge, LA | Parkview Baptist |
| 41 | Randall Royall | LB | FR | 6-1 | 225 | Houston, TX | Stratford |
| 80 | Jonathan Sanchez | TE | FR | 6-6 | 225 | McAllen, TX | Memorial |
| 94 | Graysen Schantz | DE | SR | 6-3 | 230 | Hickory Creek, TX | Lake Dallas |
| 53 | Trey Schuman | DE | FR | 6-2 | 265 | Burleson, TX | Burleson |
| 8 | Dylan Silcox | DB | FR | 6-2 | 200 | Winnie, TX | East Chambers |
| 3 | Miklo Smalls | QB | FR | 6-0 | 202 | Plano, TX | East |
| 50 | Corbin Smith | OL | FR | 6-4 | 323 | Port Neches, TX | Nederland |
| 11 | Parker Smith | WR | SR | 6-2 | 210 | Richmond, TX | Travis |
| 26 | Nicholas Sorensen | WR | FR | 6-0 | 180 | Cypress, TX | Cy Ranch |
| 32 | Nolan Spencer | WR | FR | 6-3 | - | Arnhem, Netherlands | Stedelijk Gymnasium Arnhem |
| 45 | Samuel Stewart | RB | JR | 5-9 | 205 | Cypress, TX | Cypress Woods |
| 75 | Matt Terrill | OL | SO | 6-6 | 305 | Austin, TX | Hyde Park |
| 28 | Cole Thomas | S | SR | 6-1 | 200 | Katy, TX | Cinco Ranch |
| 91 | Carl Thompson | DT | JR | 6-3 | 310 | Denton, TX | Guyer |
| 70 | Kenneth Thompson | OL | SR | 6-4 | 320 | Houston, TX | Langham Creek |
| 18 | Tyrae Thornton | DB | FR | 5-10 | 171 | Houston, TX | Cy Ridge |
| 18 | Haden Tobola | K | JR | 6-1 | 190 | West, TX | West |
| 10 | Austin Trammell | WR | FR | 5-10 | 174 | Spring, TX | Klein |
| 14 | Jackson Tyner | QB | SO | 6-5 | 245 | Edgewood, TX | Edgewood |
| 21 | Nick Uretsky | LB | SR | 6-0 | 240 | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Heights |
| 1 | Aston Walter | WR | JR | 5-8 | 210 | Crosby, TX | Crosby |
| 2 | Austin Walter | RB | JR | 5-8 | 200 | Crosby, TX | Crosby |
| 88 | Robby Wells III | TE | SR | 6-6 | 260 | Katy, TX | Taylor |
| 13 | Collin Whitaker | RB | FR | 5-10 | 195 | Plano, TX | Prestonwood Christian |
| 6 | Destri White | S | SR | 6-0 | 215 | Mesquite, TX | Horn |
| 95 | Roe Wilkins | DT | SO | 6-3 | 265 | Sour Lake, TX | Hardin Jefferson |
| 44 | Brian Womac | DE | SR | 6-2 | 250 | Houston, TX | Memorial |
| 40 | Brady Wright | DE | JR | 6-3 | 250 | Cypress, TX | Cy-Fair |
| 5 | Lance Wright | WR | JR | 6-3 | 205 | Fairbanks, AK | North Pole |