Rashee Rice has just been released from jail and executed his second dramatic exit. The first was fleeing a crash scene on a Texas highway. The second was sprinting past reporters outside Dallas County Jail on Tuesday morning as if he had somewhere extremely important to be. No statement, no wave, no acknowledgement. Just vibes and a waiting black Range Rover.
Rashee Rice Ran So Fast, You Would Think He Was Back on the Field
Rice was released from Dallas County Jail just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday after completing a 30-day sentence for violating his probation. The moment he stepped out, he ran straight past CBS News Texas photojournalist Tim Anders and climbed into the back seat of a black Range Rover SUV waiting on Commerce Street. He did not respond when asked if he had anything to say to his fans. Nothing. Not even a nod. The man was out of there faster than a fourth-and-one conversion.
Rice had been taken into custody on May 19 after testing positive for marijuana, which violated the terms of his probation. That probation itself stems from a March 2024 high-speed crash on Dallas' North Central Expressway, where Rice was driving a Lamborghini SUV clocked at 119 mph seconds before the collision, triggering a chain-reaction crash involving six vehicles. He and the others involved fled that scene on foot as well. So at this point, running away from uncomfortable situations is his trademark.
From Jail to Training Camp: The Chiefs Still Expect Him Back
The legal saga has been long and messy. Rice pleaded guilty last July to felony racing on a highway and felony accident causing serious bodily injury, and was sentenced to five years of probation and a 30-day jail term. The jail stint just wrapped, but the probation case still hangs over him; one wrong move and he is back in front of a judge. While inside, Rice was kept in an isolated cell, and his lawyer had to get a court order to allow him to receive knee treatment at Parkland Memorial Hospital because, on top of everything else, he had gone in fresh off surgery. Rice had surgery about a week before he was sentenced to clean up debris in his right knee, which had been causing inflammation.
Despite all that, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he expects Rice to report to training camp on time at the end of July. So the plan is to be back in pads, running routes, and presumably not running away from anything. Kansas City is moving forward. Rice, for now, is just moving fast.
