 Rice entered Notre Dame in 1986 and was the crown jewel in Holtz's first recruiting class.These incoming freshmen were also the first to be bound by the NCAA rules of Proposition 48, which stated that in order to participate during his (or her) freshman year, an athlete must (1) be a high school graduate; (2) have a high school grade point average of 2.0 in an 11-course core curriculum; and (3) have scored 700 (out of a possible 1600) on the SAT or 17 (out of a possible 36) on the ACT.If he (or she) failed to meet those standards, the athlete would not be allowed to play or practice with a college team his (or her) freshman year.