Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice
sentenced to 30 days in jail over Dallas high-speed crash
[July 18, 2025]
By JAMIE STENGLE
DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was
sentenced to 30 days in jail on Thursday after authorities said he
and another speeding driver caused a chain-reaction crash that left
multiple people injured on a Dallas highway last year.
The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said Rice pleaded
guilty to two third-degree felony charges of collision involving
serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury
in the March 30, 2024, crash. As part of a plea agreement, Rice was
sentenced to five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail as
a condition of his probation, prosecutors said.
The judge will allow Rice, 25, to find a time or times to serve the
jail sentence, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office
said.
Prosecutors said he was also required to pay the victims for their
out-of-pocket medical expenses, which totaled about $115,000.
Rice was driving a Lamborghini Urus SUV at 119 mph (191 kph) when he
made “multiple aggressive maneuvers around traffic” and struck other
vehicles, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said that after the crash on
North Central Expressway, Rice failed to check on the welfare of
those in the other vehicles and fled on foot.
The news release from prosecutors included a statement from Rice
that was released by his attorney. Rice said in the statement that
he's had “a lot of sleepless nights thinking about the damages that
my actions caused, and I will continue working within my means to
make sure that everyone impacted will be made whole.”
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice carries after a catch
during warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati
Bengals, Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed
Hoffmann, File)
“I am profoundly sorry for the physical damages to
person and property,” Rice said in the statement. “I fully apologize
for the harm I caused to innocent drivers and their families.”
Brian McCarthy, the NFL’s vice president of communication, said in a
statement, “We have been closely monitoring all developments in the
matter which remains under review."
The Chiefs said Thursday that they did not have a comment.
Rice was leasing the Lamborghini that police said was speeding along
with a Corvette when the crash occurred. Rice's attorney has said
that the Corvette belonged to Rice. The driver of the Corvette, who
police said also left the scene, was also charged in the crash. The
status of that case was not immediately clear on Thursday.
Rice, a member of the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs team, is from the
Dallas area. He played for SMU in Dallas and grew up in the Fort
Worth suburb of North Richland Hills. Rice was selected by the
Chiefs in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft and has caught nine
touchdowns in his two seasons with Kansas City.
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