Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will miss his team’s minicamp to serve a 30-day jail sentence after testing positive for marijuana, violating his probation, Matt Foster of Kansas City’s KSHB first reported on Tuesday, May 19.
His probation stemmed from charges related to a multi-car crash in 2024. Rice, 26, was booked at 1:25 p.m. ET on Tuesday, per Dallas County jail records, and is due to be released on June 16. Chiefs minicamp runs from June 9 to 11.
The March 2024 crash left multiple people injured after prosecutors say Rice drove 119 miles per hour along a Dallas highway. He was charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injuries.
Rice was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to serve 30 days in jail. He received Deferred adjudication, meaning had he not violated his probation, the case would have been dismissed.
ESPN’s Nate Taylor and Adam Schefter reported that Rice’s upcoming stay in jail will be the 30 days he was originally sentenced to.
Four months after the crash, Rice released a statement through his attorney, urging others to “drive smart.”
“Last March, I was involved in a high-speed accident in Dallas,” he said. “There have been a lot of sleepless nights thinking about the damages that my actions caused, and I will continue working within my means to make sure that everyone impacted will be made whole.”
Rice added, “I urge everyone to mind the speed limit, drive safe and drive smart. Last and certainly not least, I am profoundly sorry for the physical damages to person and property. I fully apologize for the harm I caused to innocent drivers and their families.”
The news also comes just over a month after the NFL decided it would not punish Rice after he was accused of domestic abuse by his ex-girlfriend, Dacoda Jones. The league said in a statement in April there was “insufficient evidence” that he violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
“Mr. Rice wants to thank the NFL for their thorough investigation, and looks forward to the start of the 2026-27 NFL season,” his attorney, Sean Lindsey, said in a statement to The Associated Press.
“On October 9th, 2025, well after the parties’ relationship had ended, Ms. Jones stated under penalty of perjury in a sworn Affidavit for Non-Prosecution that ‘Mr. Rice and I had a verbal argument, but he did not punch me.’ We will allow the legal process to run its course and have no further comment at this time,” Lindsey said in a separate statement in February.
