Andy Reid comments on Rashee Rice's arrest as Chiefs begin spring workouts
The Kansas City Chiefs start their spring workout program this week without star wide receiver Rashee Rice following his arrest last week. According to Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, the second-year NFL player will meet with the team virtually while they begin the conditioning phase of the offseason. Reid’s comments on Rice were the team’s first since he was involved in a multi-vehicle crash that now has him facing eight charges in Dallas.
“I’m leaving that, like we’ve done most of these, for the law enforcement part to take place and then we will go from there with that,” Reid told reporters, via Ian Rapoport.
Rice surrendered himself to the Glenn Heights Police Department on Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest Wednesday. His lawyer, Royce West, confirmed that he was released on bond after they remanded him into custody at the DeSoto regional jail.
The NFL is reportedly monitoring the situation. The league could punish the wide receiver for violating the personal conduct policy.
An arrest warrant affidavit, obtained by the Dallas Morning News, revealed that the NFL star was driving 119 miles per hour seconds before the six-vehicle crash on US-75 on March 30. The cars, a Lamborghini and Corvette, were also making “multiple aggressive maneuvers to get through traffic.”
The speed limit on that stretch of US-75 is 70 mph. According to the affidavit’s crash data, the Lamborghini Urus went 119 mph in the 4.5 seconds before the crash. The Corvette was going 116 mph, but slowed to 91 mph in the second leading up to the crash.
Eight charges filed against Chiefs WR following crash
Rice, who is set to enter his second year in the NFL, is now facing eight charges following the accident. He has six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and one count of aggravated assault.
In an emailed statement, West emphasized what he called Rice’s “continued cooperation with law enforcement.”
“Mr. Rice acknowledges his actions and feels deeply for those injured as a result of this accident,” the lawyer said, via ESPN.
West confirmed to investigators that he was driving the Lamborghini SUV that was involved in the crash. The Corvette was also leased in Rice’s name, and the driver of the vehicle, Theodore Knox, is facing similar charges. Knox, a cornerback at SMU, has since been suspended from the team.
The Lamborghini he was driving that crashed alongside a Corvette had marijuana inside that was left at the scene when the six occupants inside the two speeding cars fled.
According to WFAA in Dallas, the police report for the incident says marijuana was found in both cars, as well as credit cards, a check for $16,500, a diamond chain, and the playbook for the Kansas City Chiefs. The report also states that the six occupants of the two luxury vehicles did not exchange information with the other drivers of the other four cars that were in the chain collision and they didn’t check to see if other individuals were injured.