2014 Football Roster
Roster
Denzel Rice
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Winston-Salem, N.C.
- High School:
- Jacket Integrated Academy at Carver HS
2013 (Jr.): Named second team All-Big South, starting all 15 games at corner ... Ranked fourth on the team in tackles (61) ... Led the Big South, tied for 10th in the FCS and tied a CCU record with 12 pass break-ups ... Ranked fourth in the Big South in passes defended (0.83 per game) ... Had eight stops -- all solo -- versus Gardner-Webb with an interception and PBU ... Had four PBU in a win at Eastern Kentucky and added three in a FCS playoff win over Bethune-Cookman ... Credited with seven stops and a PBU at Eastern Kentucky as CCU set a single-game team record with 11 PBU ... Tallied seven tackles with a PBU to be named the team[apos]s Defensive MVP for the Firman game ... Added seven tackles with his lone tackle for loss on the season at Elon ... Recorded six stops in a second round playoff win at Montana.
2012 (So.): Saw action in 10 games, missing the Eastern Kentucky, Toledo and Presbyterian games ... Credited with three tackles, getting one each at Appalachian State, at VMI and versus Charleston Southern.
2011 (Fr.): Played in all 11 games, starting the season finale at Western Carolina at corner ... Saw most of his defensive action at safety while serving on the special teams ... Credited with seven tackles and two pass breakups ... Had two solo tackles and a PBU versus Gardner-Webb ... Also recorded two stops versus VMI ... In his first start, had a tackle and PBU.
Prior to Coastal Carolina:First team 2A All-State by AP and NCPreps.com ... Led the state of North Carolina with 12 interceptions ... Added All-Northwest Region, All-PAC 6 Conference and all-county honors ... Led Carver to a 13-3 record in 2010, winning the PAC-6 and finishing state runner-up ... Is an Honor Roll student ... Finished 4th in the 2010 State 2-A Championships in the 4x100 relay and 5th in the 4x200 relay ... Coached by Melvin Palmer.
