Cornerback, Rice, 2005–⁠07

John Welch

Number
No. 29
Height
6′2″
Weight
185 lb
Hometown
Gautier, MS

John Welch played cornerback at Rice (2005–⁠07).

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006*Rice44110.3021
2007*Rice10939.3024
On file (2006–⁠07)141349.6024

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

SeasonGSoloTkl
2006511

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2006Rice29CB
2007Rice29CB6′2″185

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.

Game by game

2007 Rice 4 games, 10 catches, 93 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 22atTexasL 14–⁠58342024
Nov 10atSMUW 43–⁠42430013
Nov 17vs.TulaneL 31–⁠451−10−1
Nov 24vs.TulsaL 43–⁠48222013

No box score in the source for Sep 2 vs. Nicholls, so that game is not listed.

2006 Rice 3 games, 4 catches, 41 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 23atFlorida StateL 7–⁠551404
Oct 7atTulaneL 24–⁠38229021
Oct 21atUCFW 40–⁠291808

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

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