The Rice Owls made a massive splash in the transfer portal in the 2021 offseason by landing Luke McCaffrey, a young quarterback withe plenty of upside coming from Nebraska and another member of an accomplished football family. Once the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback recruit in the state of Colorado, McCaffrey was expected to provide dynamic playmaking abilities as the team’s chief signal caller.
But that wasn’t the route McCaffrey took at Rice. In fact, he learned how to run routes. He transitioned to wide receiver prior to the 2022 season and was a natural at the position, looking like a spitting image of his father Ed who caught passes for Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos teams.