Errict Rhett

Errict Undra Rhett (born December 11, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. Rhett played college football for the Florida Gators, and was recognized as a first-team All-American. A second-round pick in the 1994 NFL draft, he played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

Early life Rhett was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida in 1970. He attended McArthur High School in Hollywood, Florida, where he was a star high school football player for the McArthur Mustangs. He also was a two-time state wrestling champion in the 185-pound and 220-pound weight class for the McArthur Mustangs wrestling team. At the 1988 Wrestling State Championship, Rhett did not meet the qualifications to wrestle at the 220lbs weight class because he only weighed 173lbs. In order to wrestle 220lbs, all wrestlers must weigh a minimum of 185lbs. Rhett sprinted across the street to a 7-Eleven, only to return 1:30 minutes later and stepped on the scale weighing 186lbs. Rhett went on to capture his 1st State Championship. When the media asked Rhett how did he gain that much weight in that short period of time, Rhett simply said " What the mind can conceive the body will achieve".

College career Rhett accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played tailback for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1990 to 1993. Rhett broke Gator alumnus Emmitt Smith's former Gators career rushing record, finishing with 4,163 yards and thirty-four touchdowns, 153 receptions, 1,230 yards receiving and two touchdown receptions, and leading the Gators in rushing for all four seasons of his college career. The sports editors of The Gainesville Sun ranked him as No. 34 among the 100 all-time greatest Gators of the first 100 seasons of Florida football in 2006.

Professional career Rhett was chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round (thirty-fourth pick overall) in the 1994 NFL Draft. He played seven professional seasons from to . Rhett had a career year the following season when he rushed for 1,207 yards and eleven touchdowns. All three are actively involved in sports; he coaches his son's Optimist league junior football team and regularly attends his daughters' track meets.

Outside the main entrance of Spurrier's Gridiron Grille stand "Spurrier's Gator Greats," honoring some of the most distinguished players in Florida Football history. In 2021, Rhett was honored as one of Spurrier's Gator Greats, receiving a permanent cement plaque commemorating his accomplishments.