'22 VA OT Zach Rice (Offer)

[irishff1014]

Offensive Tackle

Lynchburg, VA
Liberty Christian Academy



Measurements:
Ht: 6'6"
Wt: 282

Rankings:
247................... #1 OT, #10 overall
247comp......... #1 OT, #5 overall
ESPN................ 89 grade, #3 OT, #13 overall
Rivals................ 6.1 rating, #4 OT, #19 overall

Offers:
Alabama
Arizona State
Arkansas
Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Kansas
Liberty
LSU
Miami
Michigan
Michigan State
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oregon
Penn State
Tennessee
Texas A&M
USC
Virginia
Virginia Tech
West Virginia

Recruiters:
Jeff Quinn

Highlights:
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/1018446...f7070828407da6

[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shock and beyond Blessed to receive an offer from University Of Notre Dame! <a href="https://t.co/u7nQVyKcRU">pic.twitter.com/u7nQVyKcRU</a></p>&mdash; ZACH RICE (@od_zach) <a href="https://twitter.com/od_zach/status/1261457567282315268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

From the 2022 master thread. Thanks arrowryan.

[Irish#1]

Impressive offer list. Any idea how strong of a consideration ND will get outside of probably making his top ten if not top five?

[Luckylucci]

Its premium but for those that have 247, he’s got some very positive things to say about ND.

https://247sports.com/college/notre-...men-149811759/

[greyhammer90]

Its premium but for those that have 247, he’s got some very positive things to say about ND.

https://247sports.com/college/notre-...men-149811759/

That's an ridiculously positive interview. He basically just repeats our known recruiting pitches, which is always a great sign they are sinking in. Cites 40 year decision, Nelson, etc.

Based on that interview he sounds like a future commit. No. 1 OT in the country? Yes please.

[Luckylucci]

Agreed. Also extremely mature kid to admit publicly that he has ADD and is wanting an environment where he can get the attention he needs to be successful (small classes) versus ignoring it because he’s, you know, going to the NFL.

[Irish#1]

Could this be the guy Lax is referring to?

[Luckylucci]

Could this be the guy Lax is referring to?

I have no idea but I'd be fairly surprised if it was.

[GrangerIrish24]

Am I wrong or did Mike Singer just put in a future cast for us?

[stpeteirish]

Am I wrong or did Mike Singer just put in a future cast for us?

no, but he did forecast Ty Chan to us today.

[House16]

Am I wrong or did Mike Singer just put in a future cast for us?

No he put one in for Ty Chan

[Luckylucci]

But he did say we are in his top group which sounds nice until it doesn’t. Good news. In a very good spot for Schrauth, Bingham, and Chan. Bad news, Sadler to Clemson could come soon.

[BobbyMac]

But he did say we are in his top group which sounds nice until it doesn’t. Good news. In a very good spot for Schrauth, Bingham, and Chan. Bad news, Sadler to Clemson could come soon.

Already did.

[clashmore_mike]

But he did say we are in his top group which sounds nice until it doesn&rsquo;t. Good news. In a very good spot for Schrauth, Bingham, and Chan. Bad news, Sadler to Clemson could come soon.

🙃

[NDIrish88]

Freeman just predicted to ND. Can someone verify cuz I don't believe it.

[SoIll]

Freeman just predicted to ND. Can someone verify cuz I don't believe it.

He did. Medium confidence

[zelezo vlk]

Well he did just watch ND beat up on North Carolina

[NDdomer2]

Ratings in OP definitely need an update.

247SPORTS COMPOSITE®
5star 0.9886
NATL. 19 OT 1 VA 2

247SPORTS
4star 95
NATL. 12 OT 1 VA 1

[BobbyMac]

Read some backdoor stuff on Twitter and NC sites and it does sound like ND is in the lead. Quinn's gonna give him the Baker/Fisher/Spindler treatment and let him know he's the crown jewel of the #2 team in the country's entire class.

O-Line U continues to roll.

I'll officially add him to my 11 new CB's today.

[irish4ever]

Well he did just watch ND beat up on North Carolina

With (2) back-up Offensive Line players! Depth, depth, depth!!!

[Sea Turtle]

Rigid

[phillyirish]

Read some backdoor stuff on Twitter and NC sites and it does sound like ND is in the lead. Quinn's gonna give him the Baker/Fisher/Spindler treatment and let him know he's the crown jewel of the #2 team in the country's entire class.

O-Line U continues to roll.

I'll officially add him to my 11 new CB's today.

What are the other CB’s you got?

[rtrn2glory]

Worked out perfectly having him in town watching our boys up front maul Carolina

[Luckylucci]

From the jump, he's said incredibly positive things about his recruitment and ND. This would be an incredible get. He's a guy that could start from Day 1.

[StPaul_Irish]

His mom just liked my Go Irish tweet, so there is that.

I'M HELPING!

[BobbyMac]

Brian Dohn from 247 separated UVa, UNC & OSU from the rest of the pack in an article yesterday.

First time I've seen ND relegated to second class citizen.

[NDIrish88]

Brian Dohn from 247 separated UVa, UNC & OSU from the rest of the pack in an article yesterday.

First time I've seen ND relegated to second class citizen.

Did that just change recently? Didn't Freeman put in a prediction to ND a few weeks ago?

[T-Boone]

BAMA

[beryirish]

BAMA

Committed or is that your guess?

[BeauBenken]

Sounds like him and Gunner Givens may be headed to the same school.

[arndtjc]

Announced UNC, ND, tOSU as his top three through Fawcett

[Luckylucci]

This is his OL trainer. Don’t know if he played at or went to UNC but he’s a huge UNC fan. It’s actually funny. He’s constantly reppin UNC. So much so that he has to specifically point out it won’t have anything to do with Rice’s decision. Yea, sure it won’t.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes Sir‼️ Coach Brown is truly Amazing‼️ He gets the “IT” of it all.....�������������������� <a href="https://t.co/FYmFQFJR0V">https://t.co/FYmFQFJR0V</a></p>&mdash; Coach Glover (@dhglover) <a href="https://twitter.com/dhglover/status/1346250682559569920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[SouthSideChiDomer]

Sounds like him and Gunner Givens may be headed to the same school.

I looked through Givens twitter. He doesn't like a lot of recruiting related stuff, but of the stuff he does, its mostly UNC with a bit of Ohio State.

So it would seem those are the two leaders.

I would bet its UNC. The package deal seems to make more sense if its the more local choice, as well as likely being able to sell them on both seeing early PT which isn't a given at Ohio State.

[Irishbounty28]

It’s odd to me ND isn’t able to just pick who they want by now. You’d think these dudes would be fighting over who got the spots

[BobbyMac]

It’s odd to me ND isn’t able to just pick who they want by now. You’d think these dudes would be fighting over who got the spots

Rice is a 3 year starter at UNC.

At ND, most likely sits 3 years without a visit from the injury bug.

The narrative sure has changed in the 30 days.

On some other site... the boo birds are actually using Rice's recruitment to illustrate how ND's '22 class is going to be a failure.

Tanona
Chan
Schrauth
Taylor
+
________ (maybe)

... would be the greatest OL haul in program history for 95% of CFB teams.


Just get me to the

Baker
Fisher
Correll
Spindler
Alt

That's my '63 Beatles all time dream team.

[Irishbounty28]

Rice is a 3 year starter at UNC.

At ND, most likely sits 3 years without a visit from the injury bug.

The narrative sure has changed in the 30 days.

On some other site... the boo birds are actually using Rice's recruitment to illustrate how ND's '22 class is going to be a failure.

Tanona
Chan
Schrauth
Taylor
+
________ (maybe)

... would be the greatest OL haul in program history for 95% of CFB teams.


Just get me to the

Baker
Fisher
Correll
Spindler
Alt

That's my '63 Beatles all time dream team.

Yeah, I’m not arguing ND isn’t recruiting great offensive lineman because that just isn’t true. I’m just saying I wish there would be even more interest and success than there has been because I’m greedy. Additionally, if I were a player I’d go where they were churning out All Pro talent every year. Just my two cents.

[Irish du Nord]

Rice is a 3 year starter at UNC.

At ND, most likely sits 3 years without a visit from the injury bug.

The narrative sure has changed in the 30 days.

On some other site... the boo birds are actually using Rice's recruitment to illustrate how ND's '22 class is going to be a failure.

Tanona
Chan
Schrauth
Taylor
+
________ (maybe)

... would be the greatest OL haul in program history for 95% of CFB teams.


Just get me to the

Baker
Fisher
Correll
Spindler
Alt

That's my '63 Beatles all time dream team.

Salivating at the thought of it. Would love to see a bit of Quinn Carroll in there before Big Joe takes over at RT.

[zelezo vlk]

Would suck if Rice went elsewhere but if this means Quinn gets Aamil Wagner...well I wouldn't mind that

[TP81989]

Why the assumption that Rice won't choose ND?

[rtrn2glory]

Why the assumption that Rice won't choose ND?

I believe above there's a recent article that gives no mention of ND

[calvegas04]

UNC fans seem confident in this race

[Luckylucci]

UNC fans seem confident in this race

They should. He's rushing a decision with a rabid UNC fan of an OL coach and without visiting 2 of his top 3 schools.

Recruiting is so bizarre.

[BobbyMac]

They should. He's rushing a decision with a rabid UNC fan of an OL coach and without visiting 2 of his top 3 schools.

Recruiting is so bizarre.

Someone from VA DM'd me this picture. I'm not saying there is any connection to what's going on here.



Relax = I'm kidding!

[greyhammer90]

Feels like the sort of recruitment where we finish "2nd" to UNC, then he reopens his recruitment in October and immediately flips to OSU.

[dublinirish]

Announced UNC, ND, tOSU as his top three through Fawcett

hayes fawcett moving up in the game. surprized no CFB program has hired him due to his notority amongst recruits alone

[irishff1014]

Up to #17 and a 5* on rivals.

[deise mike]

Announced UNC, ND, tOSU as his top three through Fawcett

This promising but what do we think is the order of preference?

[Polish Leppy 22]

Curious to see how the ND staff sees Rice in comparison to the Wagner kid from Ohio.

[NDGOLDEN]

Mike singer had a nice update about him tonight. According to him he wasn’t taking calls from schools but recently has been in contact with ND coaches frequently. He wants to come to ND for self guided tour at some point.
ND feels very confident in this recruitment

[Dale]

Mike singer had a nice update about him tonight. According to him he wasn’t taking calls from schools but recently has been in contact with ND coaches frequently. He wants to come to ND for self guided tour at some point.
ND feels very confident in this recruitment

His last 247 update made it seem like he seemingly had a school as his leader and shut everyone else out. Only recently has it opened back up. I doubt we were that leader so good sign, I’d guess somewhere he’s visited like UNC was that school