Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice says he is '100% locked in' after serving 30-day jail time for probation violation

Before Rashee Rice was backmost with his Kansas City Chiefs teammates for the upcoming season, helium had to service 30 days successful jailhouse pursuing a probation usurpation stemming from a multi-vehicle clang backmost successful 2024.

Rice called the subject a "reality check."

"It was a learning acquisition and a world check," Rice said, via ESPN. "Don’t absorption connected the past. Focus connected what’s going connected now. I’m doing [well] mentally."

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Rashee Rice walks to the tract earlier signifier during Kansas City Chiefs grooming campy connected July 29, 2026, astatine Missouri Western State University successful St. Joseph, Mo. (Icon Sportswire)

Rice was connected probation for his engagement successful the 2024 multi-vehicle crash, wherever helium yet pleaded blameworthy to 2 felony charges.

The NFL besides docked Rice six games for violating their idiosyncratic behaviour policy, which helium served this past season.

CHIEFS RECEIVER RASHEE RICE JAILED FOR 30 DAYS AFTER PROBATION VIOLATION AND IT COULD GET WORSE

Rice violated his probation aft investigating affirmative for THC, which mandated a 30-day jailhouse condemnation successful Texas. He began serving that condemnation connected May 19, and helium was released from jailhouse successful mid-June.

He besides received country to instrumentality attraction of escaped bodies successful his close knee, which caused him inflammation during his 8 games for the Chiefs successful 2025.

He declined to talk with reporters who were waiting for him extracurricular the detention center, but present astatine grooming camp, Rice faced the music.

"It was mentally tough. They gave maine ways to pass with my teammates inactive arsenic good arsenic my diversion trainer," Rice explained. "Besides the hard times successful there, I kept my caput close watching shows and arsenic overmuch Kevin Hart arsenic I could to laugh."

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice runs aft a drawback against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (TNS)

Rice added that helium was allowed to get attraction done connected his genu portion serving his clip arsenic well.

"I would agelong it, bash immoderate activation connected it and past deed the value country and jog, conscionable information and get the musculus fatigue going arsenic good arsenic my stamina."

Rice is lone entering Year 4 successful the NFL, but off-the-field issues person taken distant from the coagulated chemistry helium has with backmost Patrick Mahomes, who has trusted him with apical wide receiver duties. His accumulation has warranted that arsenic well.

"I’m 100% locked successful connected what’s going connected present with the team," Rice explained. "I’m acceptable to spell retired determination and dominate. I’ve got a bully radical of brothers down me."

Wide receiver Rashee Rice #4 of the Kansas City Chiefs is interviewed during the Super Bowl LVIII Opening Night presented by Gatorade featuring the AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs and the NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers connected February 5, 2024 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Rice tallied 571 yards connected 53 receptions with 5 touchdowns successful his 8 games with the Chiefs successful 2025. He had a breakout rookie run with 938 yards connected 79 catches with 7 scores successful 2023, but helium was incapable to play a afloat twelvemonth successful 2024 aft suffering a season-ending genu injury.

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