Rashee Rice

Rashee Marquan Rice (born April 22, 2000) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Methodist University Mustangs. He was selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft and won Super Bowl LVIII as a rookie. Rice also set the NFL record for the most postseason receptions by a rookie, hauling in 26 passes during the Chiefs' Super Bowl run in the 2023–24 playoffs, surpassing Ja'Marr Chase's 25 catches from the 2021–22 playoffs.

In July 2025, Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree felonies for his involvement in a March 2024 hit-and-run street racing crash in Dallas. He was sentenced to 30 days of jail time and five years of probation. The court granted him flexibility to serve the jail time at any point during his probation period, which means he can delay it as long as he remains compliant. He was suspended for the first six games of the 2025 season.

Rice was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in North Richland Hills, Texas, and attended Richland High School. As a junior, he caught 72 passes for 1,386 yards and 19 touchdowns and was named first team all-district. Rice was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Southern Methodist University (SMU) entering his senior year. Constantly double teamed his senior season, Rice finished his final high school season with a modest 51 receptions for 841 yards and five touchdowns.

Rice played in ten games as a freshman and had 25 receptions for 403 yards and one touchdown. He became a starter during his sophomore season and caught 48 passes for 683 yards and five touchdowns. Rice had 64 receptions for 670 yards and nine touchdowns and was named honorable mention All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) as a junior. In the 2022 season, he had 96 receptions for 1,355 receiving yards and ten receiving touchdowns. He had six games on the year going over 100 receiving yards.

Rice was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round (55th overall) of the 2023 NFL draft.

In Rice's professional debut in Week 1 against the Detroit Lions, he scored his first career touchdown in a loss. He achieved his first 100 yard receiving game in Week 12 against the Las Vegas Raiders. In Week 15 against the New England Patriots, he broke the Chiefs rookie receiving touchdowns record. In Week 17 against the Bengals, he had five receptions for 127 yards in the 25–17 win. In the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, Rice had eight receptions for 130 yards and a touchdown in the 26–7 win over the Dolphins. The Chiefs reached Super Bowl LVIII in Rice's rookie season, in which Rice caught six passes for 39 yards in a 25–22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Rice broke the NFL postseason rookie receptions record, catching 26 passes, one more than previous record-holder Cincinnati Bengals' Ja'Marr Chase two years prior.

Rice opened the 2024 season with seven receptions for 103 yards in the 27–20 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1. In Week 4 against the Los Angeles Chargers, Rice left the game with a knee injury after Quarterback Patrick Mahomes collided with him. The Chiefs placed Rice on injured reserve on October 3, 2024. On October 8, Rice underwent surgery to repair his LCL and hamstring, and was expected to make a full recovery but to miss the rest of the season. Without Rice, the Chiefs reached Super Bowl LIX but lost 40-22 to the Philadelphia Eagles.

On August 27, 2025, the NFL announced Rice would be suspended for the first six games of the 2025 season for his criminal convictions. The NFL initially proposed a suspension of ten games or more, but there was no precedent for a suspension of this length, and the agreement for a six-game suspension was reached after pushback from Rice and the NFL Players Association. According to the NFL, the judge allowed him to choose when to serve his sentence, but it remained unclear when this would occur. On October 15, Rice's suspension ended and he returned to practice; the October 19 game against the Raiders was expected to be the first game of the season with all three Chiefs wide receivers active.