An NFL Corridor of Fame broad receiver’s son mentioned this week on the 2024 NFL Mix that he’d like to play for the New York Giants.
No, it wasn’t Marvin Harrison Jr. It was Brendan Rice, son of the nice Jerry Rice, who’s regarded by many to be the dean of all wideouts.
The youthful Rice, 21, is getting into the 2024 NFL draft after a 39-game school profession that started at Colorado and ended at USC with 103 receptions for 1,674 yards and 20 touchdowns.
His title recognition has generated some curiosity in him by each the media and NFL groups, one in all them being the Giants.
“Sure, I’ve met with the Giants,” Rice advised the media in Indianapolis this week.
“The Giants could be lit to go to. I’d like it. Simply the chance to go to New York. I really feel as if the workforce and group may be very sound and so they might go forward and construct one thing within the coming future.”
Rice, who’s lengthy and lean like his well-known father at 6-foot-2, ran a 4.51 40-yard sprint on the mix this week and his exercise drew some criticism from his dad.
From ABC4.com:
After operating the 40, Rice ran routes and confirmed off his fingers with a tricky shoestring catch on the sideline. Whereas his dad was impressed, he was fast to critique his son on the play.
“He’s gotta drag that again foot,” Rice mentioned, alluding to the truth that his son didn’t get each his ft down. The remark drew laughs from the NFL Community crew that featured Michael Irvin, Kurt Warner and Steve Smith.
Jerry seems to be all-in on his son’s journey into skilled soccer. How ironic would it not be for the youthful Rice to finish up in Blue with the Giants, who had been a chief rival for Jerry’s nice 49ers groups of the Eighties?
Requested what the very best piece of recommendation his father gave was, Brendan was frank.
“He all the time mentioned, ‘You’ve bought a final title, so you bought a goal in your again.’
“‘Ensure you keep within the second and don’t make the second too large. Don’t overthink and also you’ll be simply fantastic.’”
He’ll definitely get his likelihood and is sizing up as an early Day 3 (and probably late Day 2) choice within the 2024 NFL draft.
