Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will spend the next month behind bars after violating his probation by testing positive for marijuana, stemming from his involvement in a multi-vehicle collision on a Dallas freeway in 2024.
According to the Texas State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, Rice must now fulfill the 30-day jail term that was included in his original sentencing from July, when he entered guilty pleas to third-degree felony charges including collision causing serious bodily injury and highway racing resulting in bodily harm.
Under his plea deal from last summer, Rice received five years of deferred probation along with the conditional 30-day jail sentence that he must now serve, according to prosecutors.
The Kansas City Chiefs organization chose not to provide a statement about the matter Tuesday. An attempt to reach Rice’s legal representative was unsuccessful.
The jail term comes during the NFL’s offseason training period, potentially causing the 26-year-old player to miss organized team workouts and minicamp activities this spring.
According to prosecutors, Rice was behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Urus SUV traveling 119 mph on March 30, 2024, when he performed “multiple aggressive maneuvers around traffic” before colliding with other vehicles. Following the crash on North Central Expressway, prosecutors stated that Rice did not attempt to assist those in the other cars and escaped the scene on foot.
During training camp before the previous season, Rice expressed that he had “completely changed” and matured from the incident, which also resulted in a six-game suspension for breaking the league’s personal conduct standards.
“You have to learn from things like that,” Rice stated. “I’ve learned and taken advantage of being able to learn from something like that.”
Rice has been active for portions of three seasons, sitting out time due to both the suspension and a knee injury. He contributed to Kansas City’s Super Bowl victory during the 2023 season.
