2006 Rice roster

29 players. From 4 states; the most from Texas (12). The 2006 season.

Our source’s roster for 2006 is partial: 29 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2006
	Chase Clement QB			1,707 passing yards, 21 TD
	Joel Armstrong QB3-star recruit		Longview, TX	948 passing yards, 8 TD
17	John Thomas Shepherd QB	6′1″	El Dorado, AR	128 passing yards

Running backs 4

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2006
	Quinton Smith RB2-star recruit		Houston, TX	1,096 rushing yards, 10 TD
	C.J. Ugokwe RB			16 rushing yards
	John Wall RB			9 rushing yards
27	Marcus Knox RB	5′10″	Humble, TX

Receivers 5

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2006
	Jarett Dillard WR			91 catches, 1,247 yards, 21 TD
	Tommy Henderson WR			31 catches, 245 yards, 1 TD
	Mike Falco WR			26 catches, 219 yards, 1 TD
80	Corbin Smiter WR	6′2″	Southlake, TX	9 catches, 96 yards
3	Toren Dixon WR3-star recruit	6′3″	Baton Rouge, LA	5 catches, 40 yards

Tight ends 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
84	Taylor Wardlow TE		6′6″		Grapevine, TX	10 catches, 142 yards, 1 TD

Linebackers 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
34	Terrance Garmon LB		6′2″	225	Tyler, TX	2 INT

Defensive backs 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
29	John Welch CB		6′2″	185	Gautier, MS	4 catches, 41 yards

Specialists 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2006
46	Clark Fangmeier PK	5′11″	Houston, TX	8 of 11 field goals
	Jared Scruggs P			63 punts, 38.8 average
	Luke Juist K			4 of 7 field goals

Athletes and others 11

Player	Hometown	2006
Brandon King		14 returns, 115 yards
Andray Downs		2 INT
Ja’Corey Markeice Shepherd		2 INT
Bencil Smith		1 INT
Chad Price		1 INT
Lance Byrd		1 INT
Evan Fentriss	Southlake, TX	4 catches, 65 yards
Joseph Agnew 3-star recruit	Southlake, TX	1 return, 5 yards
Will Moss 2-star recruit	Bonham, TX	2 catches, 5 yards
Lance Luedeker 2-star recruit	China Spring, TX	1 rushing yard
Carl Taylor	Dallas, TX

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2006 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.