
By MATT PIKE
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will not have to wait until late September to find out his punishment for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy after being charged for his part in a 2024 offseason multi car crash.
Rice has accepted a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy, sources say, and will start serving the suspension at the beginning of the season.
Rice had been scheduled for a disciplinary hearing on Sept. 30. Sue L. Robinson, the former U.S. district judge who serves as the disciplinary officer jointly appointed by the NFL and NFL Players Association, was scheduled to hear Rice's case. The only other NFL disciplinary hearing she has presided over was Deshaun Watson's in 2022.
By accepting the NFL's suspension, Rice will miss games the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil, the Philadelphia Eagles, the New York Giants, the Baltimore Ravens, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Detroit Lions. Rice will be eligible to return to the Chiefs ahead of their game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
In a rare scenario Tuesday, the Chiefs kept eight receivers, Rice, Xavier Worthy, Hollywood Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Tyquan Thornton, Nikko Remigio, Jason Brownlee and rookie Jalen Royals on their initial 53-man roster. The Chiefs did this in case Rice agrees to a shortened suspension with the league, one that is different from what the NFL initially wanted, which was at least an eight-game punishment.
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