Rashee Rice is a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs whose 2025 season was shaped by a six-game suspension and a late-season injury.
Rashee Rice is a productive wide receiver out of SMU who the Chiefs drafted in the second round in 2023. He has been a key target for Patrick Mahomes when on the field, though legal and disciplinary issues have interrupted his availability. In 2025 he served a six-game suspension before returning to the lineup.
Path to the league
Rice played college football at Southern Methodist University, where he developed into the program's standout receiver. The Chiefs selected him in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, and he quickly became a featured weapon in Kansas City's passing attack.
Career highlights
Rice emerged as one of Mahomes' most trusted targets early in his career, known for his strong hands and yards-after-catch ability. He has been part of a Chiefs offense that has remained among the league's most dangerous through his tenure.
2025 season
Rice was suspended for the first six games of 2025 for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy, stemming from his guilty plea to felony charges tied to a March 2024 multi-vehicle collision in Dallas, per the NFL. In eight games on the field he recorded 53 catches for 571 yards and five touchdowns on 78 targets before a Week 15 concussion ended his season early.
Sources
- NFL.com: Chiefs WR Rashee Rice suspended for first six games of 2025 season
- ESPN: Rashee Rice player page
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Receiving
8 games played▶Receiving · career
| Year | Team | GP | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | chiefs | 8 | 53 | 571 | 10.8 | 5 | 47 |
| 2024 | chiefs | 4 | 24 | 288 | 12.0 | 2 | 44 |
| 2023 | chiefs | 16 | 79 | 938 | 11.9 | 7 | 67 |
▶Rushing · career
| Year | Team | GP | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | chiefs | 8 | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2024 | chiefs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | chiefs | 16 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | -3 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Wide Receiver
- Group
- offense
- College
- SMU
- Hometown
- North Richland Hills, TX, USA
- Age
- 26
- Status
- active
Latest news about Rashee Rice
All news →What's Next for Chiefs WR Rashee Rice After His Release From Jail
Rice is out of jail and expected at training camp, but a possible NFL ruling on his probation violation and a knee that needed surgery cloud his road back.
Chiefs WR Rashee Rice Released From Jail After 30-Day Sentence
Rice walked out of a Dallas County jail Tuesday and brushed past reporters after serving the sentence tied to a probation violation, leaving questions about his 2026 season unresolved.
Rashee Rice had right-knee surgery a week before reporting to jail
The Chiefs receiver will miss OTAs and minicamp after a cleanup procedure on the same knee that ended his 2024 season.
