Career
Games: 6
Maryville Debut: Oct. 15, 2022, at Southern Virginia

Awards
2022 USA South Academic All-Conference

2024 (Junior)
Games: 2
Position: DL
Best Games: Saw playing time against Huntingdon and Methodist.

2023 (Sophomore)
Games: 2
Position: DL
Best Games: Saw playing time against LaGrange and Southern Virginia.

2022 (First Year)
Games: 2
Position: DL
Best Games: Saw first collegiate playing time in back-to-back wins against Southern Virginia and North Carolina Wesleyan.

Before Maryville
Attended Green Hill High School in Mt. Juliet ... Played two seasons under head coach Josh Crouch … Senior-year captain.

Position: LB, DL
Stats: As senior, posted 35 tackles … For two-year career, contributed 105 tackles.
Honors: Named to 2021 Wilson County All-Star Game at outside linebacker and defensive end … Helped Hawks to 2021 Region 5A championship behind 11-2 record.

Personal
Born: Ashton Lee Rice in Nashville.
Family: Parents are Jeremiah and April Rice … Two sisters, Joleah and Joveah; and two brothers, Alex and Braden … Stepfather, Joe Fitzgerald, played football at Maryville College.