Keenan Arcega-Whiteside holds the WR-X · Backup spot in Rice Owls’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Keenan Arcega-Whiteside logged a 1.9% overall usage rate in 2025.

Keenan Arcega-Whiteside is a 6'4", 209-pound wide receiver from Spartanburg, South Carolina, who attended Dorman High School. A three-star recruit in the 2025 class, he carries a rating of 0.855 and was ranked 1501 overall. Arcega-Whiteside is a redshirt freshman at Rice and currently wears No. 88. In 2025, he appeared in limited capacity, recording one reception for 8 yards with a long of 8 yards. He returns for the upcoming season.

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