2021 Football Roster
Roster

Clay Servin
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Richardson, Texas
- High School:
- J.J. Pearce
Honors at Rice
- CoSIDA Academic All-District® 7 (2020)
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2024)
- Rice Honor Athlete (2021)
- All-Conference USA (2020 Coaches, Honorable Mention)
- All-AAC (2023 Phil Steele, fourth team)
- Team Captain (2023)
- Tropical Bowl Invitee
2023
One of three, six-year Owls and a 2023 co-captain who set a school record by appearing in his 56th game with his start in the First Responders Bowl and tied Shea Baker record for career starts with his 54th start vs. Texas State… Had 3,608 career offensive snaps in his career, including 659 in 2024, the fourth consecutive full season he topped that mark.
... Outland Trophy watch list... Lone Star Player of the Year watch list... Phil Steele Preseason 3rd team All-AAC... Athlon Sports Preseason 2nd team All-AAC... PFF Preseason 3rd team All-AAC... CFN Preseason 3rd team All-AAC.
2022
Anchor on the offense front who comes into the year with 38 consecutive starts and 45 in his career… Started seven straight to open his career before missing the Baylor game in 2019 and has started every game after… Played 880 snaps on offense in 2022, including a career-high 87 vs, Louisiana, and comes into the season with 2,949 offensive snaps.
2021
Started all 12 games to extend his streak to 25 and his career total to 31… Consecutive starts streak leads all returners on the team... Second on the team with 811 snaps this year and flagged for only two penalties during the season.
2020Started all five games in 2020 and comes into 2021 with a streak of 13 consecutive starts which leads the offense and trails only Elijah Garcia (15) on the team... Played 352 snaps in 2020 and has logged 1,052 over the last two seasons, second only to Shea Baker's 1,071... Lineman of the Game in the win over Southern Miss… Phil Steele All-Conference USA preseason team (4th team)
2019
Started 11 of 12 games at left tackle for the Owls… Missed the Baylor game with an injury… Named to PFF Eckrich Conference USA Team of the Week for his performance in the season-ending win at UTEP as the Owls rushed for a season-high 256 yards... Phil Steele preseason All-USA (second team)
2018
A member of Mike Bloomgren's first recruiting class who signed during the early signing period and made his playing debut vs. UAB and his starting debut the following week at FIU... One of three true freshmen to start on the offensive line this year for the Owls (Cole Garcia and Jake Syptak).
J.J. Pearce High School
A two-year starter and 2016 All-District 9-6A selection for coach David Collins at Pearce... Spearheaded the blocking for the Mustangs attack that finished second in the district in rushing and total offense while reaching the second round of the 6A D2 state playoffs... Credited with 27 pancakes and 91 big blocks as a senior and 35 pancakes and 147 big blocks in his career... Also played soccer for three years and earned second-team all-district honors as a goalkeeper... Academic All-State selection and a member of the National Honor Society... Participated in SOS lifeguards, Spanish club, Finance club, and Math club.
Personal
Full name: Clay Thomas Servin... Born: August 8 at Dallas, Texas... Parents: Steve and Susan Servin... (three brothers, two sisters)... Mother played golf at TCU and an aunt (Nance Thompson) played volleyball for Navy... Rice major: Economics... Rice College: Duncan
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