We’re into the single digits, and today’s player is one primed for a breakout year.
Mershawn Rice - So.
Reynoldsburg, OH (Reynoldsburg, OH)
6’2”, 200 pounds
Wide Receiver
2021 Projection: Contributor
Rice’s time is now. He came to Purdue as a 4-star athlete in the same recruiting class as Milton Wright, TJ Sheffield, and David Bell, giving us an embarrassment of riches at the receiver position. Of those four he has contributed the least so far. Injuries have limited to a single game appearance in each of the last two seasons.