2017 Football Roster
Roster
Aaron Cephus
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Houston
- High School:
- Dekaney
HONORS
C-USA All-Freshman team, 2017
All-Conference USA (3rd team--Phil Steele) 2017; Honorable Mention (coaches) 2018
George R. Brown Offensive Award (receiver) 2017
2018
Led the Owls with five touchdown receptions and two, two-point conversions, second with 565 yards and third with 40 receptions despite missing the final two games with an injury... Reception total was a career-high while his five TD catches matched his freshman total... Needs three TD catches to tie Buddy Dial (1956-58), Froggy Williams (1946-49) and Toren Dixon (2006-09) for 10th on the Rice career list with 13... Combined with Austin Trammell (62) and Austin Walter (44) to give the Owls three receivers with at least 40 receptions since 2008...
Fastest Owl to reach 1,000 career receiving yards since James Casey (2007-08)...Topped 1,000 career receiving yards with his 6/79 effort at UNT... Has 1,187 and needs 254 to enter the Rice career top ten.. Melvin Robinson ranks 10th with 1,409 yards from 1981-84... Led the Owls with 97 receiving yards at Hawai’i on five receptions and his first TD of the year, with a long of 41 yards.
2017
Third team All C-USA selection by Phil Steele after setting a Rice freshman record with 622 yards... C-USA All-Freshman Team and the Awarded the George R., Brown Offensive Award as the Owls top receiver... Broke James Casey's 2007 record of 585 yards (46 receptions)... Caught 25 passes and averaged 24.9 yards per catch which led all FBS receivers...Six of his 25 receptions were for 50 yards or more, the most by a freshman in the nation and tied for third overall... Tied Jarett Dillard's 2005 freshman record with five touchdown receptions... Twice topped 100 yards receiving (105 at UTSA and 100 at UAB)... Held off the stat sheet in the opener vs. Stanford in Sydney, Australia then made his first career catch a memorable one, hauling in a 52-yard TD from Sam Glaesmann... Caught five passes (54 yards) against FIU for his single-game best... Scored in four consecutive games: 58 yards vs. Army, 55 yards at UTSA, 51 yards vs. LA Tech and 10 yards at UAB... Hauled in a 63-yard reception from Miklo Smalls at UAB for his longest reception of the year.
2016
Redshirted in his first year on campus.
Dekaney High School
Two-sport star at Dekaney earning All District 15-6A honors in both football and basketball ... A member of the Houston Chronicle and Vype Magazine's Houston Top 100 ... Finished his season strongly, scoring 13 touchdowns in district play, including eight in the last three games while averaging 32 yards per catch over that stretch .... Averaged 16 points per game in basketball as a junior for the regional finalists.
Personal
Full name: Aaron Cephus... Born: May 20, 1998 ... Parents: Rodney and Trenesa Cephus... Uncle (Marvin Cephus) played wide receiver at Tulane and had stints in several NFL training camps ... Father (Rodney) played football at Texas Southern... Rice College: Lovett.
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