Running back, Rutgers, 2005–⁠07

Ray Rice

Born
Jan 22, 1987

Ray Rice played running back at Rutgers (2005–⁠07). He finished seventh in the 2006 Heisman vote. The Baltimore Ravens took Rice in round 2, No. 55 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,012
Rushing yards, 2007 (Rutgers, 8–⁠5)
Best game
201 yards
At North Carolina, week 1, 2006: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
Heisman vote
7th
In the 2006 vote
Drafted
No. 55
Round 2, 2008 NFL Draft (Baltimore Ravens)

Career highs

280rushing yards, career highvs. Ball State, 20074rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Ball State, 2007

Honors

All-America: AP second team 2006 and 2007; Walter Camp second team 2006 and 2007; Rivals.com 2007

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2005Rutgers1951,1205.7558
2006Rutgers3351,7945.42063
2007Rutgers3802,0125.32490
Career9104,9265.44990

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005Rutgers8658.1026
2006Rutgers4307.5013
2007Rutgers252399.6122
Career373349.0126

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2007 Rutgers 13 games, 2,012 rushing yards, 24 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.BuffaloW 38–⁠325184341221
Sep 7vs.NavyW 41–⁠2437175219340
Sep 15vs.Norfolk StateW 59–⁠01272322––
Sep 29vs.MarylandL 24–⁠342197121436
Oct 6vs.CincinnatiL 23–⁠283494110449
Oct 13atSyracuseW 38–⁠1436196328429
Oct 18vs.South FloridaW 30–⁠2739181033––
Oct 27vs.West VirginiaL 3–⁠313014201516
Nov 3atUConnL 19–⁠3821116145431
Nov 9atArmyW 41–⁠634243247112
Nov 17vs.PittsburghW 20–⁠1626112128––
Nov 29atLouisvilleL 38–⁠4130120314––
Jan 5 ✦vs.Ball StateW 52–⁠3035280490215
2006 Rutgers 13 games, 1,794 rushing yards, 20 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2atNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠1631201324213
Sep 9vs.IllinoisW 33–⁠023108117113
Sep 16vs.OhioW 24–⁠729190254––
Sep 23vs.HowardW 56–⁠723105314––
Sep 29atSouth FloridaW 22–⁠2035202244––
Oct 14atNavyW 34–⁠02193021––
Oct 21atPittsburghW 20–⁠1039225163––
Oct 29vs.UConnW 24–⁠132279128––
Nov 9vs.LouisvilleW 28–⁠252213122014
Nov 18atCincinnatiL 11–⁠301854113––
Nov 25vs.SyracuseW 38–⁠723107114––
Dec 2atWest VirginiaL 39–⁠4125129227––
Dec 28 ✦vs.Kansas StateW 37–⁠1024170146––
2005 Rutgers 12 games, 1,120 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3atIllinoisL 30–⁠331255015––
Sep 10vs.VillanovaW 38–⁠61364111––
Sep 17atBuffaloW 17–⁠35110317
Sep 30vs.PittsburghW 37–⁠2915114033––
Oct 8vs.West VirginiaL 14–⁠274006211
Oct 15atSyracuseW 31–⁠9178101317
Oct 22atUConnW 26–⁠2427217030––
Oct 29vs.NavyW 31–⁠21218021517
Nov 5vs.South FloridaL 31–⁠452615801514
Nov 11atLouisvilleL 5–⁠5611370813
Nov 26vs.CincinnatiW 44–⁠924195258––
Dec 27 ✦vs.Arizona StateL 40–⁠4520108016126

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height5′8″
Weight199 lb
Arm length30¼″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.51 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill6.65 s
20-yard shuttle4.20 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 91 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2009, 2011–⁠12) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2009, 2011)

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2009, 2011.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2008Baltimore Ravens12107454033273
2009Baltimore Ravens162541,339778702
2010Baltimore Ravens163071,220563556
2011Baltimore Ravens162911,3641276704
2012Baltimore Ravens162571,143961478
2013Baltimore Ravens15214660458321
NFL career911,4306,180373693,034

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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