Rodney Groce Jr.

Position:
LB
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 220
Hometown:
Pleasant Grove, Ala.
High School:
Pleasant Grove
Prev. College:
UTSA

2024 (SENIOR*): Entered transfer portal during the 2024 season ... Did not register any games played or stats ... Non-scholarship transfer who joined the team during fall camp.

EAST MISSISSIPPI CC: Named 2022 All-MACCC North Division honorable mention for head coach Buddy Stephens’ 8-3 and MACCC champion East Mississippi Community College … Was team’s third-leading tackler with 71 total stops in 2022 … Also recorded 6.5 tackles for loss along with intercepting two passes and recovering a pair of fumbles … Posted consecutive double digit-tackle efforts with a season-high 12 stops against Northeast Mississippi and 10 tackles the following week versus Itawamba … Had a 22-yard pick-six in EMCC’s 36-28 road win over Northwest Mississippi in the MACCC Championship Game.

ARIZONA STATE: Went through 2022 spring drills with the Sun Devils before entering transfer portal prior to the start of the 2022 season.

MISSISSIPPI STATE: Spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons at Mississippi State … Played in four games for the Bulldogs in 2021 and appeared in one game in 2020.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star recruit and top-25 prospect in the state of Alabama coming out of Pleasant Grove High School … Helped lead the Spartans to a 13-3 record and a 2019 Alabama Class 5A state runner-up finish … Credited with 134 total tackles (34.5 TFLs & 14.5 QB sacks), 21 hurries, nine pass breakups, four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and a pass interception as a senior … Also lettered in track & field in high school.