Chiefs WR Rashee Rice suspended six games for personal conduct policy

The Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been suspended for six games by the NFL for violating the league personal conduct policy, a decision that will sideline him to begin the 2025 season. Rice has agreed to accept the punishment, which will bar him from games and team facilities through Week 6, and make him eligible to return in Week 7 when the Chiefs host the Las Vegas Raiders on October 19.

The suspension resolves an investigation into a March 2024 multivehicle crash on a Dallas highway that resulted in injuries to passengers in other cars. Rice pleaded guilty earlier this summer to two third degree felony charges connected to the incident and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation as part of a plea agreement. Prosecutors and police records said Rice was driving at high speed immediately before the crash and did not check on the occupants of the other vehicles. He also was ordered to cover roughly $115,000 in victims medical expenses. Under terms of the discipline, Rice will be barred from the Chiefs practice facility until mid September and will not appeal the suspension, officials said.

Rice is expected to miss Kansas Citys first six...