Chiefs' Rashee Rice ordered to jail, to miss OTAs, minicamp - ESPN

Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to serve 30 days in jail after testing positive for marijuana in violation of the terms of his probation for his role in a crash that left multiple people injured on a Dallas highway two years ago.

The Texas State Attorney's Office said Tuesday that Rice was ordered to go to jail immediately as part of his original 30-day sentence for the third-degree felony of racing and causing bodily injury.

«Mr. Rice was taken into custody today in the 194th Judicial District Court for testing positive for THC and ordered to serve the 30 days that he had previously been ordered to serve at a later time — starting today,» the Dallas County DA's office said in a statement.

Rice had received deferred adjudication after pleading guilty in July, and the case would have been dismissed if he had completed the probation.

He was placed in custody and booked into the Dallas County jail at 1:25 p.m. ET, per jail records. He is set to be released June 16, meaning he is expected to miss the Chiefs' voluntary practices, which begin next week, and mandatory minicamp, which is set to end June 11.

The Chiefs declined to comment on the case. Thomas M. McMurray, Rice's attorney, could not immediately be reached for comment.

«We are aware of the report and will decline further comment at this time,» NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said.

In March 2024, Rice was the driver of a Lamborghini Urus SUV that was going 119 mph on Dallas' North Central Expressway, leading to the multicar crash that left multiple people injured. Theodore Knox, one of Rice's teammates at SMU, was the driver of a black Corvette. Rice, Knox and their three friends didn't check on those injured, instead fleeing on foot before