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Jersey Number 5
Preston Rice
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 227
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Waynesboro, Tenn.
- High School:
- Wayne County HS
2021
2020
2019
2018
High School
High School
Personal
- Named to 2021 Preseason All-OVC team
- Earned OVC Offensive Player of the Week honors on 9/5
- Became first Murray State quarterback and 11th Racer in program history to rush for four touchdowns in a single game against MVSU
2020
- Played in all seven games
- 2020 All-OVC second team selection
- Named to 2020-21 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Threw for 1,294 and nine touchdowns
- Threw third longest pass in school history of 83 yards to DeQuan Dallas against UT Martin
- Rushed for 225 yards and six additional touchdowns
2019
- Played in and started all games
- Threw for 2,932 yards with 20 touchdowns
- Rushed for over 600 yards and added two touchdowns himself
2018
- Played in all 11 games
- Had a 21-yard rushing touchdown at Kentucky
- Completed six of 12 passes for 121 yards
High School
- Redshirted the 2017 season
High School
- Prepped at Wayne County High School
- Two-time finalist for Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Class 1A Back award
- 2016 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Class 1A Back winner
- Current TSSAA record holder for career passing/rushing touchdowns with 141 (93 passing, 48 rushing)
- Finished his career with over 6,000 passing yards and over 2,000 rushing yards
- Three-time Region 6A MVP
- Two-time all-region selection in basketball
Personal
- Born Preston Rice on September 16, 1998 in Waynesboro, Tennessee
- Son of Christi & Rick Rice
- Has two brothers, Tyler and Austin
- Majoring in public relations
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Casey Brockman
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Alfeldt
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Alexa Becker
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Ivan Roe
Tuesday, January 20
