2025 Football Roster
Roster
Wyatt, Plae

Jersey Number 41
Plae Wyatt
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- McKinney, Texas
- High School:
- McKinney Boyd
Bio

Honors at Rice
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2021, 2023
- American Conference All-Academic 2024, 2025
- Rice Honor Athlete 2025
- Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (2025)
- Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® Watch List (2025)
2024
Saw hopes to build on an outstanding junior season dashed in the opener when he was lost for the season… Credited with five tackles on 38 snaps before he was injured.
2023
Started all 13 games and led the Owls with a career-high 81 tackles… Played a career-best 761 snaps on defense and added 61 on special teams … Opened the season with eight tackles at Texas, including a shared tackle for loss, to set a career-high and bettered it three times including a pair of double-figure games… Credited with 10 stops vs. UConn and 12 against Tulane… Broke up six passes on the year, including two vs. Tulane… Picked up his first career sack with a nine-yard loss at South Florida and added a shared TFL later in the game.
2022
Saw action in four games and was credited with seven tackles… Credited with a season-best three on 25 snaps at USC… Broke up a pass at North Texas.
2021
Opened the season on special teams but took on a greater workload on defense as the season progressed... Credited with 21 tackles on the year, including six on special teams (third on the team)... Credited with his first two career tackles vs. Texas Southern, matched that total vs. UAB and Charlotte before registering four vs. WKU, six at UTEP, and three vs. LA Tech to close the year... Forced his first career fumble vs. WKU.
2020
Saw action in a pair of games on special teams (Middle Tennessee & Southern Miss).
Boyd High School
All-District 9-6A second team as a senior for coach Joe McBride, ending the season with 110 tackles, 10 pass breakups, two interceptions, and one fumble recovery. Returned to Boyd where he began his career on the varsity as a freshman after playing as a junior at Dallas Bishop Lynch… Earned first-team all-district and second-team, all-state honors in TAPPS Division I for coach Chuck Faucette as a junior… Played with current Owl Jack Bradley at Bishop Lynch and against fellow signee Cole Latos as a senior in District 9-6A… Made 42 starts at the varsity level in his career and had seven interceptions, five fumble recoveries, and five defensive touchdowns in addition to over 300 tackles… TAPPS Academic All-State as a junior at Bishop Lynch and UIL honorable mention as a senior at Boyd… Member of Dave Campbell's Texas Football Top 300… Dallas Morning News Top 50.
Personal
Full name: Plae Wyatt... Born: June 26 at Lubbock, Texas ... Parents: Ian Wyatt and Jennifer Hancock... (two brothers, one sister).... Graduated with a degree in Sport Management and now enrolled in the Master’s of Global Affairs program... Rice College: Duncan.

Duncan College
Louisiana Postgame
Sunday, August 31
2025 February Signing Day
Thursday, February 06
Scott Abell 2024 December Signing Day
Wednesday, December 04
USF postgame
Sunday, December 01