It was announced on Friday Night Lights that Landry from East Dillion High School was coming to Rice, so we want to acquaint him and you to his new school a little better.

Located in Houston, Rice is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world. While this urban setting might be a change of scenery for someone from East Dillon High, Rice is nicely situated on 300 acres of an oak-lined campus.

We do have football, of course. Our Rice Owls recently played a close game against the University of Texas and beat crosstown rival Houston.

Like Landry, most students are coming to Rice for its tier one, nationally-ranked academics, but it's not totally unheard of for a student to "walk on" and try out for the football team. Consider Rice's Travis Bradshaw, Bradshaw walked onto the team and led the nation in solo tackles during his sophomore year.

Well played, rice.edu.