He played collegiately at Penn State University and attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland.
[3] The start of the 2007 preseason found Rice with the Detroit Lions organization, allocated to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europa.
He helped the Nittany Lions rank as the conference's top defense in 2005, and made 9 sacks and 147 tackles.
Between workouts as out as a possible 2006 mid-season replacement for the Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New York Giants, Rice concentrated on establishing a new business, Mateo Blu.
CAT scans and MRIs identified a tumor on the right frontal lobe of his brain—ironically, the section from which artistic abilities are derived.