BRIAN PATTERSON SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER An exciting new chapter in the storied history of Rice Stadium and Rice Athletics debuts this fall when the Owls move into their sparkling new end zone facility, the Brian Patterson Sports Perfor- mance Center. The fully-funded $33 million project includes a 60,000-square-foot, two-story structure that houses a weight room, a home team locker room, coaching and staff offices, an auditorium, a football team lounge and areas for training and sports medicine that include hydrotherapy, plunge pools and exam rooms. The weight room and sports medicine areas will be available to student-athletes from all sports at Rice. The new building features a glass wall on the side facing the football field that offers a view of the weight rooms on the ground and second floors. The other three sides will be made of brick that complements the color of the brick on the rest of the stadium. White columns supporting the roof will be similar to the columns in other parts of the stadium. A concrete ramp will provide access to the football field. Fans will also benefit from the dramatic upgrade in facilities with the installation of a new Daktronics video system Rice Stadium will also feature two acoustically transparent video displays in front of the venue’s speaker systems. These free-form LED stick applications will measure 29 feet high by 10 feet wide to provide additional video and graphics capabilities in a space typically used for fixed signage. These displays will provide flexibility to show multiple sponsorship messages throughout an event or additional graphics to pump up the crowd at key moments during the game. Rice is the second school in the country to implement the new technology and this installation is the largest of its kind. Rice alumnus and three-year football letterman Brian Patterson provided the naming gift for the facility. Patterson joined the Rice football program from Fort Worth Paschal High School in 1980 and graduated in 1984. He twice led the Owls in interceptions, and his nine career interceptions are tied for seventh best in school history. In 1983 he was named to the Academic All-America Division I football team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The architect for the project was HKS, which built the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Anslow Bryant has served as the general contractor. Assistant HC/Special Teams Coordinator/LB l UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Darrell Patterson TEAM INFORMATION RICE FACT BOOK CONTENTS Location l Houston, Texas 77251 2015 Record l 5-7 Alma Mater l TCU, ‘84 Founded l 1891 C-USA Record/Finish l 3-5 / T-3rd West DC/Cornerbacks l Chris Thurmond Rice Football Rosters 2 Starters Returning/Lost l 18/9 Enrollment l 6,469 Alma Mater l Tulsa, ‘75 Rice Pronunciation Guide 5 Nickname l Owls Offense l 7/5 Co-OC/QBs l Larry Edmondson Rice Player Biographies 6 Mascot l Sammy the Owl Defense l 9/3 Alma Mater l Texas A&M, ‘83 Rice Coaching Staff Biographies 72 Colors l Blue (pms 281c) and Gray (pms 424c) Specialists l 2/1 Co-OC/Wide Receivers l Billy Lynch 2015 Statistics 88 Conference l Conference USA Lettermen Returning/Lost l 52/17 Alma Mater l Ball State, ‘02 2015 Review 108 Stadium l Rice Stadium (47,000) Offense l 21/7 Safeties l Larry Hoefer Rice Record Book 132 Playing Surface l AstroTurf Defense l 29/9 Alma Mater l McMurry, ‘72 Special Teams l 2/1 Post-Season Honors 169 President l David W. Leebron (Harvard, ‘76) Defensive Line l Frank Okam Team Awards 174 Athletics Director l Joe Karlgaard (Stanford, ‘96) Alma Mater l Texas, ‘08 Rice Letterman List 180 Athletics Phone Number l 713.348.6920 Tight Ends l David Sloan MEDIA RELATIONS All-Time Results 190 Ticket Office Number l 713.522.OWLS Alma Mater l New Mexico, ‘95 Football Contact l Chuck Pool Series Records 203 Mailing Address l P.O. Box 1892, MS 548 Running Backs l Anthony Steward Office Number l 713.348.5775 Rice Bowl History 205 Houston, TX 77251-1892 Alma Mater l Kansas, ‘12 Cell Number l 832.244.6476 2016-17 C-USA Bowls 206 Physical Address l Tudor Fieldhouse Email Address l [email protected] Offensive Linemen l Ronnie Vinklarek 6100 Main Street SID Fax Number l 713.348.6019 Alma Mater l Southwest Texas, ‘81 Houston, TX 77005 Rice Press Box l 713.348.5638 Strength & Conditioning l Ryan Tedford Alma Mater l Sam Houston State, ‘95 COACHING STAFF Assistant AD/Football Operations l Jerry Pickle Head Coach l David Bailiff RICE DIGITAL & SOCIAL MEDIA Rice University is committed to affirmative action and Alma Mater l Delta State, ‘76 Rice Website l RiceOwls.com Alma Mater l Texas State, ‘81 equal opportunity in education and employment. Rice Rice Facebook l facebook.com/riceowlsfootball does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, Record at Rice l 53-60 (.469) l 9 Seasons Rice Twitter l @ricefootball sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, Career Record l 74-75 (.497) l 12 Seasons disability or veteran status. RICE FOOTBALL I 1 No Name Ht Wt Pos Cl-Exp Hometown/Last School 26 Douglas, Brandon 5-9.5 180 CB SO-1L Hutton, Texas/Hutto 96 Abercrumbia, Zach 6-2 290 DT SO-1L Dallas, Texas/Skyline 55 Edwards, Isaiah 6-8 360 OL RS FR Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch 64 Adams, Myles 6-2 290 DL FR Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Summit 38 Ekpe, Anthony 6-0 215 LB FR Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson 15 Akunebu, Uzoma 5-11 220 LB FR Austin, Texas/St. Stephens Episcopal 25 Ellerbe, Nahshon 5-9 205 RB RS FR Frisco, Texas/Trinity Christian Academy 12 Alaka, Temi 6-2 205 WR RS JR-2L Houston, Texas/Cy Falls 58 Ellerbee, Emmanuel 6-1 235 LB JR-2L Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit 66 Anderson, Calvin 6-5 280 OL RS SO-1L Austin, Texas/Westlake 12 Ellis D Angelo 5-11 160 DB FR Houston, Texas/Cy Ridge 34 Ballard, Joe 6-0 205 LB SR-2L Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan 53 Elms, Cole 6-2 275 DL RS FR College Station, Texas/Brazos Christian 19 Banks, V.J. 6-1 190 CB JR-2L Bryan, Texas/Bryan 33 Esukpa, Emmanuel 5-11.5 220 RB RS FR Grand Prairie, Texas/Mansfield 41 Barnes, Chris 6-1 250 TE RS FR The Woodlands, Texas/College Park 2 Fox, Jack 6-1.5 215 K SO-1L St. Louis, Missouri/Ladue Horton Watkins 32 Bertrand, Christian 5-11 200 DB SO Missouri City, Texas/Hightower 65 Frankovsky, Frank 6-6 260 OL FR Round Rock, Texas/Westwood 7 Bickham, Christian 6-1 195 CB SO-1L Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville 92 Garcia, Elijah 6-5 310 DL FR San Antonio, Texas/Wtevens 14 Blasingame, J.T. 5-9 180 CB RS SR-3L Atlanta, Ga./Mays 13 German, Nate 6-2 205 QB/WR RS JR-1L Cypress, Texas/Cy Woods 3 Brown, Derek 6-3 230 DE RS SR-3L Bay City, Texas/Bay City 4 Glaesmann, Sam 6-3 210 QB FR Waco, Texas/Midway 83 Cardwell, Rhett 6-1 190 WR FR Houston, Texas/Kinkaid School 73 Godber, Peter 6-3 305 OL RS JR-2L Toronto, Ontario/St. Andrew’s 43 Carpenter, Dan 6-2 270 LB RS FR Houston, Texas/Ridge Point 57 Gordon, Preston 6-1 285 DT RS SO-1L McKinney, Texas/Frisco Heritage 64 Carter, Ty 6-2 245 DS RS JR Houston, Texas/Mayde Creek 89 Gotelli, T.J. 5-11.5 185 WR RS FR Lodi, California/Tokay 87 Cella, Connor 6-3 260 TE RS SR-3L Katy, Texas/Taylor 15 Granato, J.T. 6-3.5 225 QB RS FR Houston, Texas/Kinkaid 18 Cephus, Aaron 6-4 195 WR FR Houston, Texas/Dekaney 19 Granson, Kylen 6-3 220 WR FR Austin, Texas/Westlake 22 Cimino, Lawrence 5-10 175 CB RS SO Plano, Texas/West 49 Green, D.J. 6-1 235 LB RS JR-2L Mesquite, Texas/Horn 20 Clark, Jorian 5-10 190 CB RS SO-1L Mesquite, Texas/Horn 74 Greene, Jack 6-4 350 OL FR Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point 37 Corbett, Ford 5-8 185 SAF RS SO Ft. Worth, Texas/All Saints Episcopal 93 Hanusa, Parker 6-4 250 DL RS SO Austin, Texas/Westwood 16 Cummings, Josh 5-9.5 190 CB RS FR Murphy, Texas/Dallas Jesuit 46 Henessee, Cody 6-2 275 DT RS SR-3L Denton, Texas/Guyer 3 Davis, Jowan 5-7 200 RB SR-3L Sealy, Texas/Sealy 52 Hubbard, JaVante 6-2 230 DL FR Houston, Texas/Elsik 78 Dawkins, Brandon 6-7 305 OL RS SR-2L Dallas, Texas/Prestonwood Christian 9 Hudak, Jesse 5-10 170 WR RS SO Pearland, Texas/Dawson 85 Decell, Cameron 6-4 210 WR RS SR-2L McKinney, Texas/Boyd 17 Ibe, J.T. 6-0 200 SAF RS SO-1L Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield 79 Dill, Joseph 6-4 350 OL FR Bayton, Texas/Lee 81 Johnson, Cameron 6-1 185 WR RS FR Spring, Texas/Klein Collins 1 Dillard, Darik 5-10 215 RB RS SR-3L San Antonio, Texas/McArthur 97 Johnson, Collin 6-4 260 DE SR Henderson, Nev./Coronado 2 I RICE FOOTBALL I ROSTERS 98 Johnson, Connor 6-4 245 DE SR-1L Henderson, Nev./Coronado 29 Robert, Houston 6-0 190 SAF RS FR Baton Rouge, Louisiana/Parkview Baptist 50 Johnson, J.D.