#41 Brooks Rice Season 2025
2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2021 Season
Redshirted as a true freshman at LSU for the 2021 season and elected to leave the program after the season … named to the 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as a general business major … a highly projectable right-handed arm with a very athletic frame … works from a low three-quarter arm slot where his fastball will get into the low ‘90s with some late sinking life … has big-time stuff, and his command significantly improved over his final year in high school.
Prior to LSU
The No. 343 ranked player in the country by Perfect Game … a member of the 2020 Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen … a first-team All-District selection during his career … made four starts in the shortened 2020 season and was 2-0 with 26 strikeouts, eight walks and only six hits allowed in 18 innings of work … a three-year letterman at Madison Central HS.
Personal
Full name is Collin Brooks Rice … parents are Jason and Melanie Rice … Dad is a Nissan plant director, Mom is a preschool teacher … has three younger brothers, Sam, Tucker and Coy … says he chose to attend LSU “for the chance to play at the best baseball program possible and win a National Championship” … born August 29, 2001, in Jackson, Miss.