CULTURETECHLENSSimeon Rice
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Combined Graph record U-07712 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6840.
Simeon Rice was a Chicago-born defensive end who became one of the most productive pass rushers of his era. Born February 24, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois, Rice attended Mount Carmel High School on Chicago's South Side before playing at the University of Illinois, where, per his biographical record, he became the Big Ten Conference's all-time sack leader. Selected by the Arizona Cardinals third overall in the 1996 NFL Draft, he was named the Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1996. Rice played for Arizona from 1996 to 2000 and then for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2001 to 2006; the Buccaneers report that he registered 69.5 sacks for Tampa Bay, led the team in sacks for five consecutive seasons, and recorded two sacks in the Buccaneers' 48–21 victory over Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII, the franchise's first Super Bowl title. He finished his career with brief stints in Denver and Indianapolis in 2007 and was inducted into the Buccaneers Ring of Honor in 2025.
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Simeon Rice was a Chicago-born defensive end who became one of the most productive pass rushers of his era. Born February 24, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois, Rice attended Mount Carmel High School on Chicago's South Side before playing at the University of Illinois, where, per his biographical record, he became the Big Ten Conference's all-time sack leader.
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- Also known as: Simeon James Rice
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Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0406. Roster detail verified: Rice was born in Chicago and attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago. Grade is Provisional under GOV-004 as applied in this pass: multiple independent sources verified, but none from the named authoritative tier (Pro Football Hall of Fame, NFL.com, Britannica) among the URLs retrieved. His teams (Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) are not homed endpoints, so only the Chicago birthplace relationship is emitted. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): a Mount Carmel product who reached the top of the draft and a Super Bowl title — Chicago high-school football's pipeline to the NFL at its strongest.
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Born February 24, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois; attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago.
Sources
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 'Simeon Rice | Ring of Honor,' buccaneers.com, https://www.buccaneers.com/team/ring-of-honor/simeon-rice (accessed 2026-11-03). (build store)
- Pro Football Archives, 'Simeon Rice,' profootballarchives.com, http://www.profootballarchives.com/players/r/rice03000.html (accessed 2026-11-03). (build store)
- 'Simeon Rice,' Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Rice (accessed 2026-11-03). (build store)
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