2021 Football Roster
Roster

Jack Bradley
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 258
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Bishop Lynch
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2024)
2023 Preseason Honors
Saw action in the first 10 games (six starts) before suffering an injury before the Charlotte game… Had played in 52 consecutive games prior to his injury and was two games away from tying the school record… Caught eight passes for 94 yards and a touchdown, including a season-high three for 36 yards at UTSA… Ended his career with 56 receptions which ranks eighth among Rice tight ends… Had a career-long, 41-yard reception vs. Tulsa… Scored his lone TD of the season on a one-yard pass from JT Daniels vs. Texas Southern...East-West Shrine Bowl Preseason List... Phil Steele Preseason 4th team All-AAC... Athlon Sports Preseason 4th team All-AAC... College Football Network Preseason Honorable Mention All-AAC
2022
Set career-highs for receptions (28), yards (260), and touchdowns (2) while starting 12 of 13 games (Owls opened with four wide receivers vs. UAB) … Season totals were the most for a Rice tight end since Connor Cella had 31 receptions for 302 yards in 2016… Caught a season-high four vs. Louisiana and matched that vs. Charlotte… Caught TDs vs. McNeese and UTEP… Had three receptions of better than 25 yards including a career-best 31-yarder vs. UTSA … Had a career-high 715 snaps and comes into his senior year with 1,900.
2021
Let the tight ends with 16 receptions and 242 yards, the last Rice tight end with better season totals was Connor Cella who had 31 receptions for 302 yards in 2016... Caught a career-best five passes vs. Southern Miss... Found the end zone for the first time since the opening game of 2020 when he connected with Jake Constantine from six yards out at UTEP and added a career-long 28-yard reception vs. the Miners to set up the Owls' touchdown just before halftime.
2020
Averaged 23.7 yards on his four receptions... Scored his first career touchdown on a 22-yard connection from Mike Collins in the opener vs. Middle Tennessee... Finished the day with a pair of catches for 49 yards... Caught one pass for 22 yards vs. UAB in the season finale.
2019
A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class who signed during the early period in December of 2018... Saw action in all 12 games and made three starts at tight end (LA Tech, UTSA, UTEP)… One of six true freshmen to start in 2019 for the Owls… First career reception was for six yards vs. Baylor.
Bishop Lynch High School
TAPPS 6A All-District 2 second-team selection as a senior for Chuck Faucette as the Friars reached the state title game… Caught 30 passes for 453 yards and four touchdowns as a senior… Three-year starter who ended his career with 56 receptions for 956 yards and eight touchdowns… Also led Bishop Lynch to the state championship game in basketball as a junior and was named to the all-tournament team… Finished seventh in the discus at the state track meet.
Personal
Full name: Jack Bradley ... Born: Nov. 21... Parents: Steve and Amie Smith Bradley... Father (Steve) was a four-year letterman as a tight end at Texas from 1991-95, while his mother, Amie Smith Bradley earned All-Big 12 honors in basketball before embarking on a coaching career. She was the head coach at Trinity University from 2005-12 and is currently an assistant coach at SMU… Smith’s father, Mike, was an All-SWC Center at SMU from 1970-74 and her grandfather, Dick McKissack, is in the SMU Athletic Hall of Fame after playing alongside Doak Walker… Academic All-State selection... Rice major: Sport Management... Rice College: Sid Richardson
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