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Jersey Number 88
Boden Groen
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
- Hometown:
- Santa Ana, Calif.
Bio
NAME PRONUNCIATION
Get to Know Boden ...
At what age did you start playing football and how did you get into football?- I started playing at eight years old and I have loved football for as long as I remember.Â
- My favorite player growing up was Ben Rothlisberger.Â
- Playing as fast and as violent as I possibly can.Â
2023 (at Rice): Ranked second among AAC tight ends with 39 receptions, third with 383 yards, and fifth with three touchdowns… 39 receptions rank sixth on the Rice single-season list for tight ends … Reception total was the most by a Rice tight end since Vance McDonald had 44 in 2011… James Casey holds the school and NCAA records for season receptions by a tight end with 111 in 2008… Groen’s 383 yards are the most by a Rice tight end since McDonald had 458 in 2012… Set career highs with six receptions, 67 yards, and two touchdowns in the season finale vs. Florida Atlantic… Caught at least one pass in all 13 games in 2023 and has caught at least one in 14 consecutive games.
2022 (at Rice): Caught nine passes for 79 yards while playing in 12 of 13 games, including starts vs. Charlotte, UTSA, and North Texas… Played 316 snaps on offense, with 109 of them coming in the final two games of the season… Made his collegiate debut with seven snaps at USC in the opener and recorded his first career catch (2 yards) at Houston two weeks later… Caught passes in four straight games (Charlotte, UTEP, WKU & UTSA) and then closed with a career-high three on a career-best 63 snaps vs. Southern Miss in the Lending Tree Bowl after Jack Bradley was injured… Third reception of 14 yards from A.J. Padgett in the fourth quarter was the longest of the season.Â
2021 (at Saddleback College): Caught 14 passes for 152 yards in nine games with Saddleback last season as the Bobcats finished 4-6…Top reception effort was three vs. Riverside and future Owls’ teammate Dean Connors… His longest reception of the year was a 40-yard effort vs. Ventura… Did not see action in 2020 as Saddleback’s season was canceled due to the pandemic.
High School: Prepped at Mater Dei under coach Bruce Rollinson and was part of a national championship team as a junior in 2018 before moving into a starting role as a senior.
Personal: Son of Joel and Kerri Groen … Has two brothers … Older brother Gunnar pitched at Pepperdine through 2021 where he was a teammate with former Rice pitcher Cooper Chandler.
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