Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was booked into Dallas County Jail on Tuesday afternoon after testing positive for THC, triggering the immediate execution of a deferred 30-day jail sentence tied to a 2024 street racing crash. He is expected to be released on June 16.
The 30-day sentence was not new — it was part of a plea deal Rice struck in July 2025, when he pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony charges: collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury. Under the terms of that agreement, Rice received five years of deferred adjudication probation, meaning the felony charges would have effectively disappeared from his record had he completed probation without a violation. Testing positive for THC triggered the jail term and now puts that deferred adjudication at serious risk.
The underlying incident dates to March 2024, when Rice caused a multi-car crash on a Dallas highway while driving erratically at speeds nearing 120 mph. He left the scene before police arrived, then took responsibility for the wreck in a public statement weeks later. The crash injured four people on U.S. 75, and Rice was ordered to pay more than $115,000 in victims’ medical expenses.
The NFL had already suspended Rice for the first six games of the 2025 season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. When asked about Tuesday’s development, NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy offered only a brief statement: “We are aware of the report and will decline further comment at this time.
Rice also faces a civil lawsuit from the crash scheduled for trial on June 9, as well as a separate suit filed by former partner Dacoda Jones, who is seeking more than $1 million in damages and alleges a pattern of physical abuse.
Rice’s jail stay will cause him to miss Kansas City’s OTAs and mandatory minicamp as he enters the final year of his rookie contract. The Chiefs have not issued a statement.
