ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — With the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs previous the halfway level of coaching camp, receiver Rashee Rice stated he hasn’t been advised by the NFL whether or not he’ll be suspended in some unspecified time in the future through the 2025 season.
“Truthfully, it is nonetheless within the works,” Rice stated after Saturday’s observe. “My authorized crew is dealing with that. All I can do is concentrate on what I can management proper now, and that is me doing what I do greatest proper right here on the sphere.”
If Rice is suspended by the league quickly, it is going to be for violating the league’s private conduct coverage, the punishment after he and one other rushing driver prompted a chain-reaction crash that left a number of individuals injured on a Dallas freeway final yr. Final month, Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 5 years’ probation for his position within the multicar crash.
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy acknowledged final month that “we now have been carefully monitoring all developments within the matter which stays underneath overview.”
In accordance with a launch from the Dallas County District Lawyer’s workplace, Rice pleaded responsible in district courtroom to 2 third-degree felony expenses — collision involving critical bodily harm and racing on a freeway inflicting bodily harm. Rice acquired deferred adjudication. The case shall be dismissed if he completes the probation.
“I discovered simply how useful any alternative and second is,” Rice stated. “This proper right here, us having the ability to be on the sphere and be coached by Coach [Andy] Reid and have such an awesome quarterback [Patrick Mahomes], is actually a present, a blessing.
“I’ve utterly modified. Truthfully, you must study from issues like that. I’ve taken benefit of having the ability to study from one thing like that.”
Rice, 25, has been a full participant in every of the Chiefs’ practices at Missouri Western State College after tearing the lateral collateral ligament in his proper knee throughout Week 4 final season.
When the NFL finishes its expedited disciplinary course of, Rice may obtain a multigame suspension, one which he must serve instantly. If such happens, Rice vowed to remain in form throughout his time away from his teammates.
“That is my job, and that is what I like to do,” he stated. “Even once I’m not capable of be on the market with my crew, I am nonetheless going to be working as arduous as I can so I will be again on the market with them as quickly as potential.”
