North Alabama’s Jack Rice: a developmental leg with special-teams upside
Jack Rice is a 6-foot-1, 165-pound junior kicker/punter for North Alabama in the 2026 season, and the main takeaway is simple: he’s a versatile special-teams piece still fighting for live-game production. North Alabama’s roster notes show he was in the kicking/punting mix in 2024, while ESPN lists him as active in 2026, but there’s no available game-log or career stat line yet—so the appeal is projection, not résumé. If you want a lean, multi-role specialist with room to grow, Rice is intriguing; if you need proven week-to-week accuracy today, the sample size is still thin.
