Kansas City Chiefs WR Rashee Rice gets 6 game suspension stemming from Dallas highway crash
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been suspended for six games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy, CBS Sports confirmed Wednesday.
The decision keeps him out of a series of high-profile matchups beginning with next week's season opener against the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil.
The NFL has not yet made an official announcement on the suspension.
Earlier this summer, Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony charges of collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury stemming from a crash in March of 2024. As part of a plea agreement, he also received a sentence of five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail as a condition of his probation.
Prosecutors said he was driving nearly 120 mph on North Central Expressway and made "multiple aggressive maneuvers" before striking the other vehicles.
"I've completely changed. You have to learn from things like that," Rice said of the accident. Rice grew up in North Richland Hills, graduated from Richland High School and played in college for SMU.
CBS News Texas has requested comment from Rice's attorney, but has not yet heard back.
The NFL handed down the suspension after its own internal investigation, one week before the Chiefs are due to leave for Brazil. It voids a Sept. 30 hearing before former federal judge Sue L. Robinson at the NFL's headquarters in New York.
Along with missing the Chargers game, Rice will miss a Super Bowl rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 14 at Arrowhead Stadium; a Sunday night trip to New York to face the Giants; a high-profile matchup with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 28; a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars the following Monday night; and a Sunday night showdown with the Detroit Lions.
Rice will be eligible to return to the field when Kansas City faces the AFC West rival Las Vegas Raiders on Oct. 19.