Running back, Liberty, 2012–15
Desmond Rice
Desmond Rice played running back at Liberty (2012–15).
Career highs
87rushing yards, career highvs. Georgia State, 20153rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Georgia State, 2015Team titles: Big South champions, 2012, 2013 and 2014
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2012 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| On file | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Liberty (FCS) | 28 | -0.10 | – | – | -2.8 | 25% | – |
| 2015 | Liberty (FCS) | 40 | 0.07 | – | – | 2.6 | 27% | 0.10 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2015 Liberty 2 games, 124 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | at West Virginia | L 17–41 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 16 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Georgia State | W 41–33 | 22 | 87 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 3 |
No box score in the source for Sep 5 vs. Delaware State; Sep 19 vs. Montana; Sep 26 at Southern Illinois; Oct 10 at Gardner-Webb; Oct 17 at Monmouth; Oct 24 vs. Kennesaw State; Nov 7 vs. Presbyterian; Nov 14 at Charleston Southern; Nov 20 vs. Coastal Carolina, so those games are not listed.
2013 Liberty 2 games, 85 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Kent State | L 10–17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Old Dominion | L 17–21 | 20 | 78 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
No box score in the source for Sep 7 vs. Monmouth; Sep 14 vs. Morgan State; Sep 21 at Richmond; Sep 28 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan; Oct 19 vs. Coastal Carolina; Oct 26 at Gardner-Webb; Nov 2 vs. VMI; Nov 9 vs. Presbyterian; Nov 16 vs. Brevard; Nov 23 at Charleston Southern, so those games are not listed.
2012 Liberty 1 game, 6 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Wake Forest | L 17–20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 8 vs. Norfolk State; Sep 22 vs. Lehigh, so those games are not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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