Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was released from a Dallas County jail on Tuesday after serving a 30-day sentence for violating the terms of his probation, which stemmed from his role in a car crash that left multiple people injured on a Texas highway.
The 26-year-old Rice had been booked into the jail on May 19 after testing positive for THC. Upon his release, Rice made a quick dash past a handful of reporters and into a waiting SUV, which whisked him away from the facility.
Rice had surgery about a week before he was sentenced to clean up debris in his right knee, which had been causing inflammation. A judge approved a request from his lawyers to allow him to receive treatment at Parkland Hospital while serving his sentence.
Rice missed all the Chiefs’ voluntary offseason workouts and their mandatory minicamp, which concluded last week. But Chiefs coach Andy Reid said recently that he expects him to report on time to training camp at the end of July.
“[Chiefs trainer] Rick [Burkholder] has talked to him greater than what I’ve,” Reid stated, “simply ensuring that every thing was set there the place he may do some rehab with it and nonetheless do the time that he wanted to maintain. So he is on high of that, and thank goodness that they are permitting him to do this. So, they have been nice with that.”
The Chiefs are relying on Rice to assist an offense that always struggled throughout a disappointing 6-11 end final season.
He is been priceless when he is been accessible, catching 156 passes for 1,797 yards and 14 touchdowns and serving to the Chiefs win the Tremendous Bowl within the 2023 season. However he is additionally missed video games due to suspension and accidents, leading to simply 28 performed in three seasons.
“We’re transferring ahead as regular, as we go right here,” Reid stated throughout voluntary exercises. “When he will get again, we’ve obtained to get him caught up in doing what he must do, and ensure he will get it. It’s not a simple factor he’s going via.
“Life classes are necessary,” Reid added, “however we’re all given probabilities to be taught, and he’s in that place now.”
Reporting by The Related Press.
