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Sheldon Rice
LB · Freshman · #43 · 6' 3" · 250 lbs · 3★ recruit
From Fulshear, TX
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Sideline market estimate
$142K
Houston sideline stock
Sheldon Rice
LB · Freshman · #43 · 6' 3" · 250 lbs · 3★ recruit
From Fulshear, TX
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Sideline market estimate
$142K
Houston sideline stock
LB · Freshman · #43 · 6' 3" · 250 lbs
★★★★★3★ RecruitFrom Fulshear, TX
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Latest source check Aug 15, 2026
Position
Linebacker
Class
Freshman
Jersey
#43
Height
6' 3"
Weight
250 lbs
Hometown
Sideline market estimate
$142K
Best current Sideline estimate based on role, roster, recruiting, current market evidence, and school-pool reconciliation.
Pool-accounting allocation: $108K
Confidence meter
Watchlist confidenceWe have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.
Sheldon Rice is a 6' 3" 250 lbs Freshman Linebacker for Houston and is listed by ESPN from Fulshear, TX. The Sideline places the player 50th within the current Houston football roster. The $142K headline is The Sideline's best current estimate and $108K is the allocation used to reconcile the sport pool.
Pool share by sport
0.4%
Football pool: $26M
Pool share of school
0.3%
Houston roster market: $35.35M
Roster dollars tracked
$26M
Houston Football pool-accounting sum
Coverage hits
0
No fresh NIL chatter found
Fulshear, TX
Roster status
Active
Current listing
Houston Cougars
Recruit rating
3-star
Recruiting profile
3-star / No. 587 nationally
Rating: 0.8828
High school: Fulshear
From: Fulshear, TX
Class: 2025 / EDGE
Sideline Data Desk
Front-seven value reflects snap importance, pass-rush or run-fit scarcity, recruiting demand, and transfer-market leverage. For Sheldon Rice, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $142K headline case.
The visible base estimate is $142K. The pool-accounting allocation is $108K, equal to about 0.4% of the Houston football market. The player ranks 50th on that roster.
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