2021 Football Roster
Roster
Brendan Suckley
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 252
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- High School:
- Flour Bluff
Honors at Rice
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Rice Honor Athlete 2021
2021
Made a pair of starts at fullback and rushed for 32 yards on 10 carries as well as catching two passes for 13 yards... Carried the ball twice for 19 yards vs. Texas Southern, the most yardage in a game for a Rice fullback since John Wall had 67 vs. Houston in the final game of 2005 and added six yards on a pair of carries at Charlotte.
2020
Sat out the 2020 season but returned with a strong set of spring drills and enters training camp in strong contention at fullback.
2019
Completed the transition from walk-on tight end to fullback and earned a scholarship at the end of training camp… Stepped into the top fullback slot after Reagan Williams was injured… Played in 11 games and made three starts… Made his collegiate debut vs. Texas at NRG Stadium and his first career start vs. LA Tech.
2018
Walk-on who is a member of Mike Bloomgren's first recruiting class.
Flour Bluff High School
All-District 30-5A and an All-South Texas pick as a junior and senior for coach Chris Steinbruck... Helped spark Flower Bluff to the third round of the state playoffs... Caught 36 passes for 463 yards and three touchdowns as a senior and completed his career with 70 receptions for 930 yards and 10 touchdowns... Joined his quarterback from his junior year (Jaeger Bull) when he was named District 30-5A's most valuable receiver as a tight end at Rice before switching to fullback... Lettered three years in basketball, earning all-district honors as a junior... Ranked sixth in a class of 430... Member of Mu Alpha Theta for three years... National Honor Society.
Personal
Full name: Brendan Suckley... Born: September 7 at Corpus Christi, Texas... Parents: Daniel and Rosanne Suckley... (one sister)... Rice major: Mechanical Engineering... Rice College: McMurtry.
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