Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is once more in legal trouble. Rice violated his probation after testing positive for THC, Matt Foster of KSHB 41 News reports. He has been ordered to serve 30 days in jail.
Rice is on probation for five years in consequence of a 2004 hit-and-run crash that led to eight felony charges. After pleading guilty to felony collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury, Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $115K to the injured victims.
Rice’s jail sentence is identical one he was originally ordered to serve, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Had he not violated probation, Rice would have been capable of select when to serve his time over the subsequent five years, Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports relays. He’ll now need to undergo with it immediately, which can prevent him from participating within the Chiefs’ upcoming OTAs and mandatory minicamp.
The NFL suspended Rice for the primary six games of last season in consequence of his street-racing crash. Nonetheless, it’s unlikely this violation will lead to a different ban, in line with Jones, who notes the league doesn’t suspend players for positive marijuana tests. It’s nonetheless one other unwelcome off-field development for Rice, who was accused of domestic violence in a civil lawsuit filed in February. Dacoda Jones, Rice’s ex-girlfriend, claimed he repeatedly assaulted her from December 2023 to July 2025. He was not charged with against the law, and the league selected to not suspend him after reviewing the matter.
On the sector, Rice is entering the pivotal final season of the four-year rookie contract he signed in 2023. In the course of the pre-draft process, NFL teams became aware of an alleged incident wherein Rice or a member of his party fired multiple shots into an empty automotive belonging to a member of SMU’s basketball team. The Chiefs nonetheless chosen Rice within the second round (No. 55 overall), a move that has paid dividends when he has taken the sector. Rice was a standout during a 16-game rookie 12 months wherein he caught 79 passes for 938 yards and 7 touchdowns. He added one other 26 receptions in a four-game playoff run, including six in a Super Bowl LVIII win over the 49ers.
Due to a Week 4 LCL tear in 2024, last 12 months’s suspension and a concussion, Rice played a mere 12 games over the previous two seasons. Despite suiting up just eight times in 2025, the 26-year-old piled up 53 catches, 571 yards and five scores. Barring punishment from the league, the Chiefs will count on Rice to proceed serving as a key weapon when the upcoming season starts. Rice shall be the highest receiver in a corps that also includes Xavier Worthy, Tyquan Thornton, Jalen Royals and fifth-round rookie Cyrus Allen.