2021 Football Roster
Roster
Ari Broussard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- High School:
- Lusher HS
Honors at Rice
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
- George R. Brown Offensive Award (back) 2020, 2021
Rice football’s sixth-year seniors reflect on experiences prior to final game as Owls
2023
Played in all 13 games both on special teams and at running back… Second on the team with 196 special teams plays and was credited with three special teams tackles. … Gained 91 yards on 29 carries with a long run of 16 vs. Texas Southern and caught a pair of passes for 14 yards (both against UConn).
2022
Rushed for 251 yards and led the team with nine touchdowns in six games (five starts) before missing the remainder of the season with an injury… Had played in 34 consecutive games before his streak ended vs. Charlotte … Nine rushing TDs were the most by an Owl since Darick Dillard had 11 in 2014… Scored a rushing touchdown in each of the first six games, the first Owl to score on the ground in six consecutive games since Chase Clement in 2008 … Top rushing effort came vs. McNeese (17/71) … Caught a pair of passes in the opener at USC (26 yards) to double his career total entering the season and added a third reception vs. McNeese... Enrolled in the Masters of Bioscience & Health Policy program.
2021
Lead the Owls 569 yards and 4.9 yards per carry (116 carries)... Saw his role develop as the season progressed, rushing for 143 yards on 30 carries in the first five games and then 426 on 86 snaps in the last seven... Had at least one carry of 10 or more yards in eight of 12 games, including a career-long 40 yards at Charlotte... Rushed for 186 yards on 20 carries at Charlotte and the first two touchdowns of his career … Effort nearly tripled his previous single-game high (68 at UAB)... The yardage total was the most by an Owl since Juma Otoviano ran for 224 against ODU in 2018 and was the second-best effort by an Owl in conference play since they joined C-USA in 2005.
2020
Received the George R. Brown Award for running backs in a vote of his teammates... Made his backfield debut vs. North Texas and gained 16 yards on his lone carry... Took over the bulk of the work in the second half at Marshall and ran for 62 yards on 19 carries... Carried the ball on 12 of the last 13 plays, including all six as the Owls ran out the clock by eating up 9:29 on the clock... Gained 57 yards in the second half, 8 under what Marshall's defensive average had been entering the game...Caught his first career pass vs. UAB for a gain of 10.
2019
Earned a scholarship after a strong performance in the spring after requesting a switch to running back and saw action in 10 games on special teams...Tied for fourth on the team with four special teams tackles… Had single special team stops vs. Texas and LA Tech and added a pair of coverage stops in the finale at UTEP.
2018
Former walk-on who was a member of Mike Bloomgren’s first recruiting class... Made his debut at LSU... Named the Scout Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts before the North Texas game.
Lusher Charter High School
Honorable mention All-state selection as a senior for coach Louis Landrum while leading Lusher to its first appearance in the state playoffs... Two-time all-district and all-metro selection... Ran for 722 yards and added 142 yards in receiving on offense while compiling 67 tackles (9.5 for loss including 2.5 sacks)... Picked off a pair of passes and broke up two... Rushed for 1,855 yards in his career and added 593 yards receiving on offense, while piling up 158 tackles (12.5 for loss--4.5 sacks), picking off three passes, breaking up five, and forcing four fumbles... Competed in track and was a two=-time state 3A finalist indoors in the shot put... AP Scholar, Allstate Sugar Bowl Scholar-Athlete, National Honor Society, Lusher Scholar, Magna Cum Laude.
Personal
Full name: Ari Joshua Broussard... Born: January 16 at New Orleans, Louisiana... Parents: Adrien and Amanda Broussard... (one brother)... Rice major: Kinesiology... Rice College: McMurtry
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