Sidney Rice

Sidney Rice is a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League. He was born on September 1, 1986 in Gaffney, South Carolina and attended the University of South Carolina where he played collegiate football. He was selected by the Vikings in 2007 as the 44th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft.http://sidneyrice18.com/bio.html

During his college career, Rice received several awards and accolades, including being selected to the All-SEC First Team and the SEC All-Rookie Team in 2005. He also set receiving and touchdown records at the University of South Carolina with 1,143 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns in 2005.http://sidneyrice18.com/bio.html

Toward the end of the 2009-10 season, Rice suffered a hip injury during the NFC Championship Game.http://www.vikespeak.com/2010/08/24/10965-vikings-star-sidney-rice-to-miss-half-the-season In August of 2010, he had a successful operation to repair the injury, but he is expected to miss half of the 2010-11 season while he recovers. Speaking about the timetable for Rice's return, Minnesota head coach Brad Childress said, "I would think (it will take) probably at least eight weeks before we're talking about doing anything."http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp10/news/story?id=5492055

The 2009-10 season was Rice's third in the NFL and it was also his most productive on the field. He gained 1,312 receiving yards, caught 83 passes and scored eight touchdowns.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/08/report-vikings-pro-bowl-wr-sidney-rice-has-hip-surgery/1 In four separate games, he had more than 100 receiving yards, racking up 201 in a November game against the Detroit Lions. He also had two games where he caught two touchdowns, against the Seattle Seahawks and later against the New York Giants in the 2010 NFL Playoffs.http://www.nfl.com/players/sidneyrice/gamelogs?id=RIC161100&season=2009