Will Swartz brings uncommon two-way toughness to Rice’s TE room
In the 2024 season, Will Swartz arrived at Rice as a 6-2/6-5, 255-pound tight end prospect with a gritty background as a high-volume high school playmaker and edge defender, including 25 catches for 467 yards and 9 touchdowns plus 21 tackles for loss and 7 sacks in his senior year. He stands out for versatility, physicality, and competitiveness—more lunch-pail bruiser than pure finesse weapon—and that kind of attitude fits a program looking for reliable, hard-nosed development at tight end. Early public ratings and recruiting coverage suggest he was viewed as a solid developmental piece rather than a headline star, but one with real upside if his blocking and route nuance keep catching up to his size and toughness.
