Chiefs' Rice staying in shape amid potential ban

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- With the Kansas City Chiefs past the midway constituent of grooming camp, receiver Rashee Rice said helium hasn't been told by the NFL if he'll beryllium suspended astatine immoderate constituent during the 2025 season.

"Honestly, it's inactive successful the works," Rice said aft Saturday's practice. "My ineligible squad is handling that. All I tin bash is absorption connected what I tin power close now, and that's maine doing what I bash champion close present connected the field."

If Rice is suspended by the league soon, it volition beryllium for violating the league's idiosyncratic behaviour policy, the punishment aft helium and different speeding operator caused a chain-reaction clang that near aggregate radical injured connected a Dallas road past year. Last month, Rice was sentenced to 30 days successful jailhouse and 5 years' probation for his relation successful a multicar crash.

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy acknowledged past period that "we person been intimately monitoring each developments successful the substance which remains nether review."

According to a merchandise from the Dallas County District Attorney's office, Rice pleaded blameworthy successful territory tribunal to 2 third-degree felony charges -- collision involving superior bodily wounded and racing connected a road causing bodily injury. Rice received deferred adjudication. The lawsuit volition beryllium dismissed if helium completes the probation.

"I learned conscionable however invaluable immoderate accidental and infinitesimal is," Rice said. "This close here, america being capable to beryllium connected the tract and beryllium coached by Coach (Andy) Reid and person specified a large backmost (Patrick Mahomes), is honestly a gift, a blessing.

"I've wholly changed. Honestly, you person to larn from things similar that. I've taken vantage of being capable to larn from thing similar that."

Rice has been a afloat subordinate successful each of the Chiefs' practices astatine Missouri Western State University aft tearing the lateral collateral ligament successful his close genu during Week 4 past season.

When the NFL finishes its expedited disciplinary process, Rice could person a multigame suspension, 1 that helium would person to service immediately. If specified occurs, Rice vowed to enactment successful signifier during his clip distant from his teammates.

"This is my job, and this is what I emotion to do," helium said. "Even erstwhile I'm not capable to beryllium retired determination with my team, I'm inactive going to beryllium moving arsenic hard arsenic I tin truthful I tin beryllium backmost retired determination with them arsenic soon arsenic possible."