Chase Rice has career on ‘Cruise’ control Posted Jul 5, 2015 Chase Rice is no stranger to the limelight. After attending the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on a football scholarship, the Florida-born Rice worked on a NASCAR pit crew before being runner-up on 2010 CBS reality show “Survivor: Nicaragua.” Oddly enough, this Forrest Gump of sorts story was only getting started. (Youngstown Vindicator)