Rice named SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week
The Southern Conference announced its weekly football awards on Monday afternoon, with VMI Football's Jerry Rice earning SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week honors!
A redshirt junior, Rice accounted for all 15 of VMI's points at No. 10-ranked Samford on Saturday afternoon. The Daleville, Virginia native was a perfect 5-for-5 on the day, matching his own program record (which he shares with Craig Jones) for made field goals in a game.
The All-American place kicker knocked down four field goals in the first half to give the Keydets a 12-7 lead over the Bulldogs at the break. In the third quarter, Rice's fifth field goal of the day would put VMI in front 15-14 before Samford jumped in front one last time.
The five made field goals for Rice gives him 189 career points – second most for a kicker at VMI (Craig Jones, 221) and fifth all-time among all Keydet players.
Rice currently ranks third in the SoCon in field goals per game (1.0) and is 35th in the country with a field goal percentage of .750.
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