Monty Rice

Montavian Lamar Rice-Jordan is an American football linebacker for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Monty Rice
Georgia Bulldogs – No. 32
PositionLinebacker
ClassSenior
Career history
College
High schoolJames Clemens (Madison, Alabama)
Personal information
Born:Huntsville, Alabama
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • First Team All-SEC (2020)
  • Second-team All-SEC (2019)

Early years

Rice attended St. John Paul II Catholic High School in Huntsville, Alabama his freshman year before transferring to James Clemens High School in Madison, Alabama where he spent his final three years.[1] As a senior in 2016, he had 137 tackles, one sack, four interceptions and four touchdowns. Rice originally committed to play college football at Louisiana State University (LSU) but later changed the commitment to the University of Georgia.[2][3][4]

College career

Rice played in 14 games with one start as a true freshman at Georgia in 2017 and had 22 tackles.[5] As a sophomore in 2018, he started five of nine games recording 59 tackles and one sack.[6][7] Rice started all 14 games his junior year in 2019 and was named a co-winner of the teams Vince Dooley Defensive MVP after leading the team with 89 tackles. Rice returned to Georgia for his senior season in 2020 rather than enter the 2020 NFL Draft.[8]

References
  1. "'No one's invincible': Alabama, Auburn target Monty Rice bounced back from leg injury, became coveted recruit". al.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  2. "Monty Rice flips from LSU to Georgia". onlineathens.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. "'The happiest day of my life': In-state LB Monty Rice chooses LSU over Auburn, Georgia". al.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  4. "How Georgia’s Monty Rice made up for what he perceived to be a 'mistake’". macon.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  5. "www.onlineathens.com/sports/20180726/bulldogs-ready-for-monty-rice-to-make-impact-at-ilb". onlineathens.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  6. "How Monty Rice’s 'businessman’ attitude about football has led to success for UGA linebacker". macon.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  7. "Bulldogs ready for Monty Rice and his serious demeanor back on field". onlineathens.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  8. "GDPR Support – Monty Rice makes big decision for Georgia". ajc.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
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