Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will be conducting his rehab from a surgery in jail after being placed behind bars for violating his probation.
On Tuesday, it was revealed that Rice had tested positive for marijuana – violating the terms of his probation and leading to him being ordered to serve a 30 day sentence in jail, according to court documents obtained by the Daily Mail.
The sentence was handed down due to Rice’s reckless driving causing a multi-car crash on a Dallas highway in 2024.
Hours after that announcement, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Rice underwent surgery one week ago to ‘remove loose debris’ in his knee.
The debris was ‘causing inflammation’ in the area. The receiver is now expected to be sidelined for two months as he recovers, according to Schefter.
His recovery will be done in jail after he violated the five-year probation he was handed due to his reckless driving.
Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice underwent knee surgery before he began his jail sentence
Rice has been jailed after breaking the terms of his probation from a 2024 car crash in Dallas
Rice will be released from jail on June 16, meaning he would miss the Chiefs’ mandatory minicamp as well as their OTAs.
The receiver was renting a Lamborghini sport utility vehicle authorities said was one of two speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway in May of 2024.
He pled guilty to third-degree felony charges last July. Among the stipulations of his probation included an order for Rice to ‘avoid injurious and vicious habits, and do not use marijuana, narcotics, dangerous drugs, inhalants or prescription medication without first obtaining prescription for said substances from licensed physician.’
The NFL star was estimated to be speeding at 119mph before the collision, which resulted in several injuries for other motorists and passengers.
The occupants of the Lamborghini and the other speeding vehicle – a Corvette – left without checking on the drivers and passengers in the other four cars involved in the collision.
A spokesman for the rental company, The Classic Lifestyle, said the Lamborghini rents for about $1,750 a day and is worth about $250,000.
Police said the Corvette and Lamborghini were speeding in the far-left lane of North Central Expressway when they lost control.
The Lamborghini went onto the shoulder and hit the center median wall, causing a chain-reaction collision. Four people in the other vehicles were treated for minor injuries.
The wide receiver was sentenced to five years’ probation over his 2024 hit-and-run crash
In a related lawsuit, the NFL star agreed to pay $1million to a plaintiff who sued him over the 2024 crash, according to court documents obtained by Daily Mail.
He was also forced to pay $75,000 in pre-judgement interest and $12,000 in plaintiff attorney fees.
Rice started the 2025 season with a six-game suspension from the NFL due to his involvement in that Dallas car accident.
Addressing the incident and subsequent sentence last year, Rice had appeared to show remorse for his actions.
Speaking on the multi-car crash upon returning to Chiefs camp last summer, he insisted that he had learned his lesson from the incident.
He recently explained to reporters: ‘I’ve completely changed. You have to learn from things like that. I’ve learned and taken advantage of being able to learn from something like that.’
‘I feel 100%. I’m excited to be back out here with the guys. Just kind of basically where I left off at,’ he added when asked about his comeback from injury.
Dashcam footage of the accident shows when the Super Bowl winner crashed in 2024
‘The only thing is get back on the field and continue to have fun doing what I do.’
However, less than a year later, the wide receiver has landed himself in hot water yet again.
Rice, a member of the Super Bowl LVIII-winning Chiefs team, is from the Dallas area. He played for Southern Methodist University and grew up in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills.
Earlier this year, Rice filed more legal woes when Dacoda Jones, the mother of his children, filed a lawsuit against him, accusing him of repeatedly assaulting her throughout their relationship, even when she was pregnant.
Jones alleged in a lawsuit filed in February that the Super Bowl winner had previously grabbed, choked, strangled, pushed, thrown, scratched, hit and headbutted her.
The mother of Rice’s two children claimed that he strangled her at their home in Texas in December 2023 ‘following an escalation in violent behavior.’
Travis Kelce stood by Rashee Rice after the Dallas car incident that occurred in 2024
Rice’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of his children accused him of domestic violence
The lawsuit claimed that the wide receiver then continued to assault her until they eventually split in July 2025.
Rice was also accused in the complaint of throwing objects, destroying property, punching walls and breaking furniture, as well as locking Jones out in the middle of the night. It was claimed that a number of these incidents took place while Jones was pregnant.
As a result of the alleged abuse, Jones claimed she has endured multiple physical injuries, as well as ‘significant pain and suffering.’
However, following an investigation into the allegations, the NFL concluded that Rice ‘has not engaged in conduct that violates the personal conduct policy’ and that he would not face any disciplinary action.