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Brenden Rice, nan boy of NFL fable Jerry Rice, is among nan harvest of talent successful nan 2024 NFL Draft excavation aft a fewer standout years astatine USC.
Rice played 2 seasons pinch Caleb Williams, who is apt to beryllium nan No. 1 draught prime to nan Chicago Bears connected Thursday night. Rice predicted if he and Williams were to play connected nan Bears, they could perchance beryllium nan adjacent legendary duo to grace an NFL field.
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Brenden Rice, left, and Caleb Williams of nan USC Trojans guidelines connected nan sideline during their crippled against nan Cardinal connected Sept. 10, 2022, successful Stanford, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
"Man, I'm telling you, we could return it. We could beryllium that adjacent duo – conscionable for illustration Gronk and Tom Brady," Rice told TMZ Sports connected Wednesday.
"I've been astir nan dude – he's a awesome frickin' person," Rice said of Williams. "And, a hellhole of a teammate."
Rice transferred from Colorado to USC earlier nan 2022 season. He went from 4 touchdown catches successful 2022 to 12 touchdowns successful 2023.
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USC backmost Caleb Williams, right, talks with, from left, Austin Jones, Brenden Rice and Tahj Washington astatine Pro Day astatine USC connected March 20, 2024. (David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
While at USC, he had 84 catches for 1,402 yards and 16 touchdowns.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer talked astir his boy astatine nan NFL Scouting Combine successful March and really proud he was of his son’s work, which has gotten him to nan doorstep of nan NFL.
"I'm truthful proud but I deliberation he [has] worked really difficult and he's looking guardant to his opportunity," he told nan NFL Network. "And I'm conscionable being a parent, I'm conscionable being present to support him.... You cognize I perceive group opportunity to maine each nan clip ‘don't beryllium truthful critical,’ and worldly for illustration that. But only if he should inquire maine for accusation is erstwhile I would walk that accusation connected to him.
Jerry Rice poses for a image pinch his son, Brenden, during nan NFL Scouting Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected March 2, 2024, successful Indianapolis. (Kara Durrette/Getty Images)
"But I'm conscionable present arsenic a genitor and it's going to beryllium a awesome opportunity for him, truthful I'm excited for him."
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Brenden Rice is expected to beryllium a Day 2 aliases Day 3 pick.
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