[2] During his senior season, Rice averaged 23.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 1.8 assists and led his team back to the IHSA state tournament for a fourth-place finish.

[3] Ironically, Richmond committed to play at the University of Illinois while Rice was never offered a scholarship by then coach, Bruce Weber.

[1] "Man, I grew up watching guys like Dee [Brown], Deron [Williams] and Luther [Head]," Rice said.

The transfer regulations relegated Rice to attend only practices as a participant and home games at the State Farm Center as an observer.

Rice has gained much notoriety for his transfer year as he made drastic changes to his workouts & diet, which resulted in him losing 45 pounds and cutting his overall body fat to 5%.

Despite missing some games in the middle of the season due to injury, and having a lower average of minutes per game, he improved his field goal percentage by 4%, his three-point percentage by 14%, as previously noted, raised his free throw to 80%, and averaged more rebounds, steals, assists, and points in his senior campaign compared to his junior year.

Updated: January 12, 2018 Rice signed his first professional contract with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Serie A2 Basket on July 29, 2015.

[16] On December 25, 2019, Rice parted ways with Saratov to join Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Premier League for the rest of the season.

[18] After training with AEK Athens for a period of time, Rice eventually signed with Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League, on December 10, 2021.

[20] In January 2023, Rice joined the Brampton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) for the 2022–23 BCL Americas.

[28] Rice has been quoted as saying he idolized former Fighting Illini basketball stars Dee Brown, Deron Williams, Luther Head, and Corey Bradford while growing up in Champaign.