Get to Know Your Orange Man: #55, OL Zach Rice
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Name: Zach Rice
Position: Offensive Line
Year: Redshirt Junior
Height: 6'5'
Weight: 320 lbs.
Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
High School/Previous College: Liberty Christian Academy/North Carolina
2024 stats: Appeared in all 12 games for the Tar Heels with most of his snaps on special teams. Saw limited action at guard the last two seasons in Chapel Hill
2025 projections: Rice should be competing for a spot on the Orange offensive line. If he's not starting, he should be a backup this fall and will likely be in on kick protection units. While he didn't live up to his recruiting hype at UNC, perhaps a fresh start will unlock that potential.
How'd he get here?: Committed to Syracuse in late Aprils after deciding to leave UNC.
What'd recruiting sites say?: Three stars from the major recruiting sites as a transfer, but going back to his high school days, Rice was a 5-star and top tackle in the 2022 class. He had offers from Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Georgia among others.
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Interesting nugget o'interest: Rice's 247 composite ranking of 0.9937 is the highest rating for any Syracuse player since the ratings began, besting Cecil Howard's 0.9920
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