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Rashee Rice won the Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice says he wants to “mature and continue to grow” amid off-field legal issues.
Earlier this offseason, Rice was involved in a six-car accident in Dallas in which two people were hospitalized with minor injuries.
Rice and Southern Methodist University player Theodore Knox now face charges of one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury, according to Dallas police.
While speaking to reporters Saturday at a youth football camp in Kansas City, Rice, 24, said, “I’ve learned a lot from that. All I can do is mature and continue to grow from that. “This is a step in a better direction for me.”
Dallas police had issued arrest warrants for Rice and Knox after a Corvette and a Lamborghini crashed in the left lane of the North Central Expressway on March 31. Both men later surrendered to local police.
A total of six vehicles were involved in the crash, authorities said.
“The Lamborghini traveled onto the shoulder and struck the center wall, causing a pile-up involving four other vehicles,” spokeswoman Kristin Lowman told KeynoteUSA.
“The occupants of the Lamborghini and Corvette fled the scene without stopping to determine if anyone needed medical help or provide their information.”
Rice’s attorney has said his client was driving the Lamborghini. Dallas police confirmed that and said Knox was driving the Corvette.
Players convicted of a crime are subject to disciplinary action under the NFL’s personal conduct policy. If the conduct does not result in a criminal conviction, a player could still be subject to disciplinary action under the policy. KeynoteUSA has reached out to Rice’s attorney and Dallas police for more details about the timeline of the legal case.
Rice was selected by the Chiefs in the second round of last year’s NFL Draft and as a rookie established himself as the team’s most reliable wide receiver, hauling in 79 receptions for 938 yards and a team-high seven touchdowns.
In four playoff games, he added another 26 receptions for 262 yards and a touchdown, setting the rookie record for receptions in a postseason. His production and reliable hands helped the Chiefs and star quarterback Patrick Mahomes win the Super Bowl in February, the team’s third NFL championship in the last five years.
Rice played college football at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and grew up in North Richland Hills in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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