Former Rivals.com five-star offensive Zach Rice will be looking to revive his football career at a new college.

Rice arrived at North Carolina with much fan fare in the class of 2022, but plans to leave Wednesday after playing in six games this season between offense and special teams.

The 6-foot-5, 305-pounder played 12 games in 2023, mostly ion special teams, and played in a pair of games in 2022. During that time period he was charged with speeding and underage drinking and driving.

Rivals.com had Rice ranked No. 24 overall, No. 1 in Virginia and No. 2 at tackle in the class of 2022 coming out of Lynchburg (Va.) Liberty Christian Academy. He played in the Under Armour All-American Bowl and was invited to the Polynesian Bowl.

Rice didn’t allow a sack in his final two years and had 219 pancake block en route to being a two-time all-state selection.

Rice picked North Carolina over Alabama, Clemson, Florida, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

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