Running back, VMI, 2021–⁠24

Hunter Rice

Number
No. 24
Height
6′1″
Weight
225 lb
Class (2024)
Sophomore
Hometown
Daleville, VA

Hunter Rice played running back at VMI (2021–⁠24).

Career highs

208rushing yards, career highvs. Chattanooga, 20233rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Western Carolina, 2023

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2021VMI11393.5127
2022VMI32983.1114
2023VMI1588445.31267
2024*VMI1958004.1759
Career3961,7814.52167

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022VMI22311.5017
2023VMI561.205
2024*VMI171005.9029
Career241295.4029

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.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021VMI24RBYr 1
2022VMI24RBYr 2
2023VMI24RBYr 3
2024VMI24RBSo. (Yr 4)6′1″225

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021VMI (FCS)110.17––1.9–
2022VMI (FCS)290.09––2.514%
2023VMI (FCS)1170.3591st (n=450)0.1741.120%
2024VMI (FCS)205-0.0210th (n=434)0.16-3.531%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 VMI 12 games, 800 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 29atWilliam & MaryL 7–⁠411781112129
Sep 7vs.BucknellL 28–⁠3518166258310
Sep 14atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠5971009313
Sep 21vs.Norfolk StateL 10–⁠32143501111
Oct 5atSamfordL 3–⁠2723580141−3
Oct 12atWoffordL 16–⁠31217301625
Oct 19vs.The CitadelL 10–⁠13207011711
Oct 26atChattanoogaL 10–⁠31670212
Nov 2vs.FurmanW 21–⁠171652110113
Nov 9vs.MercerL 0–⁠341752016223
Nov 16atWestern CarolinaL 28–⁠581310925916
Nov 23vs.East Tennessee StateL 9–⁠162387010––
2023 VMI 11 games, 844 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.DavidsonW 12–⁠7144007––
Sep 9atBucknellL 13–⁠211357013––
Sep 16atNC StateL 7–⁠455−30010
Sep 23vs.WoffordW 17–⁠14279012715
Sep 30atMercerL 3–⁠38413051−4
Oct 14atThe CitadelW 17–⁠131811121910
Oct 21vs.SamfordL 14–⁠2713119147––
Oct 28vs.ChattanoogaL 23–⁠2425208367––
Nov 4atEast Tennessee StateW 31–⁠24123627––
Nov 11atFurmanL 3–⁠3715470915
Nov 18vs.Western CarolinaW 27–⁠2412126363––
2022 VMI 4 games, 98 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1atWake ForestL 10–⁠4462409––
Sep 17vs.CornellL 22–⁠28431216
Oct 29vs.MercerL 14–⁠55123107––
Nov 5atSamfordL 15–⁠341040014117
2021 VMI 1 game, 39 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 11atKent StateL 10–⁠601139127––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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