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SMU’s Rashee Rice shows off route-running at pro day, ‘would love to go down the road’ to play for Cowboys

SMU's Rashee Rice shows off route-running at pro day, 'would love to go down the road' to play for Cowboys


The NFL’s pre-draft process is a marathon, not a sprint, and SMU wide receiver Rashee Rice is nearing the finish line with the NFL Scouting Combine and his pro day in the rearview mirror. Rice, who set the SMU single-season receiving yards record with 1,355 in 2022– a figure that was also the most by any player in the regular season– put his route tree on display Wednesday after a strong showing athletically at the combine. 

“Just cleaning up my technique, I kind of wish I had been doing this before my senior year, but it’s never too late,” Rice told CBS Sports. “I’ve just been working on my technique to be honest. What [NFL teams] want to see the most out of me is running double-move routes, opening up my route tree because we were an Air Raid offense.”

Twenty-eight NFL teams were in attendance at SMU’s Pro Day, including four that had multiple front office personnel and/or scouts present: the Cincinnati Bengals, the Dallas Cowboys, the Houston Texans, and the New Orleans Saints. Houston general manager Nick Caserio was on hand, taking note of the Mustangs’ talent. His Texans have five picks in the 2023 NFL Draft‘s first three rounds, including the second and 12th overall selections.

SMU has quietly been an NFL wide receiver factory across the past 10-12 years, sending players like two-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl Champion wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and productive slot receiver Cole Beasley to the league in the early 2010’s. They have also put recent alums into the NFL like current Denver Broncos Pro Bowl wide receiver Courtland Sutton, current Baltimore Ravens wideout James Proche, current San Francisco 49ers pass-catcher Danny Gray, and current Tennessee Titans receiver…

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