2019 Football Roster
Roster
Floyd, Izeya
LB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballQB
/ FootballS
/ FootballDB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballQB
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballLB
/ FootballFB
/ FootballTE
/ FootballDE
/ FootballWR
/ FootballLB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballS
/ FootballDE
/ FootballWR
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDE
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballCB
/ FootballCB
/ FootballQB
/ FootballCB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballQB
/ FootballK
/ FootballLB
/ FootballQB
/ FootballTE
/ FootballDB
/ FootballCB
/ FootballQB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballCB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballCB
/ FootballK
/ FootballS
/ FootballRB
/ FootballS
/ FootballP
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDB
/ FootballFB
/ FootballDE
/ FootballDS
/ FootballFB
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballWR
/ FootballOLB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballLB/LS
/ FootballDE
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDE
/ FootballOL
/ FootballLB
/ FootballOL
/ FootballLB
/ FootballLB
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOT
/ FootballC
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballC
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOT
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOG
/ FootballTE
/ FootballTE
/ FootballWR
/ FootballWR
/ FootballK/P
/ FootballFB
/ FootballP
/ FootballTE
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDE
/ FootballDE
/ FootballRUSH
/ FootballP
/ FootballDL
/ FootballOLB/DE
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDT
/ FootballRUSH
/ FootballDL
/ Football
Jersey Number 95
Izeya Floyd
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 335
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Reedy
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024
Co-captain for the second consecutive year… Started all 12 games and wrapped his career at Rice with 27 consecutive starts (40 total)… Saw action in a career-best 477 snaps on defense (1,736 in his career) and added 95 on special teams… Credited with 26 tackles on the season and closed his career with 93… Tied for third on the team with 11 hurries… Credited with a season-best six tackles at Army… Recorded his first sack since 2021 with a six-yard loss at UConn.
2023
Senior co-captain who started all 13 games at defensive tackle and was credited with a career-high 25 tackles while playing a career-high 467 snaps… Credited with a season-high seven tackles on the road at Charlotte, one shy of his career-high of eight at Louisiana Tech in 2022… Stripped the ball from a UTSA ball carrier, recovered the ball, and returned it for a gain of six yards.
2022
Saw action in a career-high 440 snaps on defense and reached career highs in solo tackles (7), total tackles (21), total pressures (15), and quarterback hurries (15)… Snap total was second among interior defenders and the most among returners… Credited with at least one tackle in 12 of 13 games, ending with a season-high five in the Lending Tree Bowl vs. Southern Miss… Forced his first career fumble in the bowl game, knocking the ball free from quarterback Trey Lowe for a loss of five early in the third quarter… Rice scored on its first play from scrimmage following the recovery by Ikenna Enechukwu to tie the game 17-17.
2021
Returned to the D-line after the injury to De'Braylon Carroll before training camp... Credited with nine tackles in his first nine games (two starts) before closing strongly with 10 in his last two games, highlighted by eight in the finale vs. LA Tech... Added a career-best 1.5 TFL vs. LA Tech and shared a sack. ... Picked up his first career TFL vs. North Texas, shared a sack at Charlotte, and broke up a pass at UAB.
2020
Made the move to the offensive line at the start of spring drills and made his starting debut in the Owls shutout win at No. 15 Marshall and closed out the year with another start vs. UAB.
2019
True freshman saw action in three games on defense while retaining his redshirt… Made his debut vs. Wake Forest and also saw action at UAB and in the finale at UTEP... A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class who signed during the early period in December of 2018
Reedy High School
All-District 7-5A D2 for his play on the offensive line for coach Chad Cole as the Lions captured the district title and advance to the regional final… Three-year starter…. Academic All-State, second-team selection as a senior… Also competed in powerlifting and finished third in the state as a junior. Top marks were 465 (bench, 805 (squat), and 635 (deadlift).
Personal
Full name: Izeya Floyd... Born: November 9 at Plano, Texas ... Parents: Brett and Tika Gray-Floyd... One sister… Rice major: Sport Management... Rice College: Duncan
Duncan College
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Team Captain 2023, 2024
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society 2024
- American Conference All-Academic 2024, 2025
- James W. Glanville Award (Excellence in athletics, academics, and integrity) 2024
- Rice Scholar-Athlete 2025
2024
Co-captain for the second consecutive year… Started all 12 games and wrapped his career at Rice with 27 consecutive starts (40 total)… Saw action in a career-best 477 snaps on defense (1,736 in his career) and added 95 on special teams… Credited with 26 tackles on the season and closed his career with 93… Tied for third on the team with 11 hurries… Credited with a season-best six tackles at Army… Recorded his first sack since 2021 with a six-yard loss at UConn.
2023
Senior co-captain who started all 13 games at defensive tackle and was credited with a career-high 25 tackles while playing a career-high 467 snaps… Credited with a season-high seven tackles on the road at Charlotte, one shy of his career-high of eight at Louisiana Tech in 2022… Stripped the ball from a UTSA ball carrier, recovered the ball, and returned it for a gain of six yards.
2022
Saw action in a career-high 440 snaps on defense and reached career highs in solo tackles (7), total tackles (21), total pressures (15), and quarterback hurries (15)… Snap total was second among interior defenders and the most among returners… Credited with at least one tackle in 12 of 13 games, ending with a season-high five in the Lending Tree Bowl vs. Southern Miss… Forced his first career fumble in the bowl game, knocking the ball free from quarterback Trey Lowe for a loss of five early in the third quarter… Rice scored on its first play from scrimmage following the recovery by Ikenna Enechukwu to tie the game 17-17.
2021
Returned to the D-line after the injury to De'Braylon Carroll before training camp... Credited with nine tackles in his first nine games (two starts) before closing strongly with 10 in his last two games, highlighted by eight in the finale vs. LA Tech... Added a career-best 1.5 TFL vs. LA Tech and shared a sack. ... Picked up his first career TFL vs. North Texas, shared a sack at Charlotte, and broke up a pass at UAB.
2020
Made the move to the offensive line at the start of spring drills and made his starting debut in the Owls shutout win at No. 15 Marshall and closed out the year with another start vs. UAB.
2019
True freshman saw action in three games on defense while retaining his redshirt… Made his debut vs. Wake Forest and also saw action at UAB and in the finale at UTEP... A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class who signed during the early period in December of 2018
Reedy High School
All-District 7-5A D2 for his play on the offensive line for coach Chad Cole as the Lions captured the district title and advance to the regional final… Three-year starter…. Academic All-State, second-team selection as a senior… Also competed in powerlifting and finished third in the state as a junior. Top marks were 465 (bench, 805 (squat), and 635 (deadlift).
Personal
Full name: Izeya Floyd... Born: November 9 at Plano, Texas ... Parents: Brett and Tika Gray-Floyd... One sister… Rice major: Sport Management... Rice College: Duncan
Duncan College
WBB: Rice vs. Marshall Postgame Presser
Wednesday, March 09
VB: Rice-Texas Postgame Presser
Saturday, December 04
VB: Rice-San Diego Postgame Presser
Thursday, December 02
