Paul Rice, the captain of the 2009 Yale football team, begins his first season at Georgia Tech as a graduate assistant.
Rice was a four-year starter at Yale where he finished his career as a first-team All-Ivy linebacker. He accumulated 196 tackles, six interceptions and numerous big plays with the football in his hands while earning league honors three seasons.
The former Ohio Division III co-defensive player of the year at University High School in Cleveland Heights helped the Bulldogs lead the nation in scoring defense consecutive seasons.
Rice played one season for the L[apos]Hospitalet Pioneers (Barcelona, Spain) in the spring of 2011. He served as a player/coach, competing on both sides of the ball and helping the Pioneers to a national championship.
Rice was a volunteer with the Yale football team in the fall of 2011.