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05/28 14:47 CDT Chiefs WR Rashee Rice continues serving jail sentence as team
begins voluntary offseason workouts
Chiefs WR Rashee Rice continues serving jail sentence as team begins voluntary
offseason workouts
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- While most of the Kansas City Chiefs participated in
voluntary workouts this week, wide receiver Rashee Rice was back in Texas,
serving his 30-day jail sentence after violating the terms of his probation for
his role in a car crash that left multiple people injured.
The 26-year-old Rice was booked into the Dallas County jail May 19 after
testing positive for THC. He is due to be released on June 16, which means he
will miss all of the Chiefs' voluntary workouts along with their mandatory
three-day minicamp beginning June 9.
Making matters worse: Rice had surgery about a week before he was sentenced to
jail to clean up debris in his right knee, which had been causing some
inflammation. The latest legal trouble means he's had to continue his rehab
work while incarcerated.
"We think he'll be ready for camp as we go forward. We'll just see how it
goes," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Thursday, after the third and final
voluntary workout of the week. "He knows the rehab he can do there, and I think
they're keeping an eye on him as far as any possible infection goes."
Rice was suspended for the first six games of last season for violating the
league's personal conduct policy, which stemmed from the original crash in 2024
on a Dallas highway. It's unclear whether he will be subject to more discipline
for violating his probation.
"We're moving forward as normal as we go here," Reid said. "When he gets back,
we've got to get him caught up in doing what he needs to do, and make sure he
gets it. It's not an easy thing he's going through.
"Life lessons are important," Reid added, "but we're all given chances to
learn, and he's in that position now."
Rice has been in that position before, though. During training camp ahead of
last season, the former SMU standout said he "completely changed" and had grown
from his experience with the car crash, and that "you have to learn from things
like that."
"I've learned and taken advantage of being able to learn from something like
that," Rice said.
Rice is expected to be a major part of the Kansas City offense as it tries to
rebound from a 6-11 record last season.
The Chiefs did little to upgrade their wide receiver room in the offseason,
pinning their hopes instead on continual improvement from Rice --- who is going
into the final year of his rookie contract --- and young players such as Xavier
Worthy and Jalen Royals.
Rice has been good when available, catching 156 passes for 1,797 yards and 14
touchdowns and helping the Chiefs win the Super Bowl in the 2023 season. But
he's missed games to both suspension and injuries, resulting in just 28 games
played over three seasons.
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