Chase Rice just chasing his dream Posted Aug 21, 2014 Chase Rice's story is a real-life "Forrest Gump" script. Rice is a successful country music singer. He has a song on the radio. Rice also co-wrote one of the most successful commercial country music songs of all time, played major college football, almost won the TV reality show "Survivor" and tossed aside a potential career in NASCAR because his heart was in Nashville. He is 27 years old. (ESPN.com)