Dynasty Rookie Draft Profile: Rashee Rice (2023 Fantasy Football)

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Dynasty Rookie Draft Profile: Rashee Rice

Rashee Rice (SMU)

Stats:

• 2022 (286 FBS WRs, minimum 50 targets)
  • Yards per route run: 9th
  • PFF receiving grade: 7th
  • 64.2% of target volume against zone (minimum 25 zone targets)
    • PFF receiving grade: 1st
    • Yards per route run vs. zone: 1st
• Career
  • 82.5-94.6% out wide in three of four years at SMU
    • 93.2% slot in 2021
  • Never crested 2.1 Yards per route run at SMU until his senior year
  • Didn’t post more than 700 receiving yards until his senior season

Scouting report:

• Rashee Rice ranked ninth in Yards per route run and seventh in PFF receiving grade last season (minimum 50 targets per PFF). He saw 64.2% of his target volume against zone where he ranked first in Yards per route run and PFF receiving grade (minimum 25 zone targets per PFF).
• Rice adjusts well to back-shoulder balls and displays solid body control. He does have some concentration drops in traffic on film.
• His speed is more the build-up variety. Rice displays some inconsistencies gearing down on comebacks or curls, needing too many steps at times, or losing his balance. His short-area separation is better on slants where he can use a good first step off the line and his size. Rice, far too often, lets cornerbacks get into his body and jam him up at the top of his stem.

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*All data utilized in this article is courtesy of PFF, Football Outsiders, and Playerprofiler.com unless otherwise specified.*