Rashee Rice

Early life

Rice was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in North Richland Hills, Texas, and attended Richland High School. As a junior, he caught 72 passes for 1,386 yards and 19 touchdowns and was named first team all-district. Rice was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Southern Methodist University (SMU) entering his senior year. Constantly double teamed his senior season, Rice finished his final high school season with a modest 51 receptions for 841 yards and five touchdowns.

College career

Rice played in ten games as a freshman and had 25 receptions for 403 yards and one touchdown. He became a starter during his sophomore season and caught 48 passes for 683 yards and five touchdowns. Rice had 64 receptions for 670 yards and nine touchdowns and was named honorable mention All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) as a junior. In the 2022 season, he had 96 receptions for 1,355 receiving yards and ten receiving touchdowns. He had six games on the year going over 100 receiving yards.

Legal issues

On March 30, 2024, Rice was the driver of a Lamborghini Urus involved in a high-speed hit-and-run crash on North Central Expressway in Dallas, together with a Chevrolet Corvette he was leasing. Four other vehicles were damaged in what Dallas police called a "chain reaction collision" after the Lamborghini struck a retaining wall. Video obtained by The Dallas Morning News shows five men disembarking from the Urus and the Corvette and leaving the scene on foot without checking on the occupants of the other four vehicles. Two of those occupants were transported to a hospital, and two others were treated for minor injuries at the scene.

On April 3, Rice met with Dallas police, and in a statement sent to the Morning News, he said that he takes "full responsibility" for his part in the collision. His attorney Royce West said Rice "is cooperating with local authorities and will take all necessary steps to address this situation responsibly." On April 4, West confirmed that Rice had been driving the Lamborghini.

On April 10, Dallas police issued an arrest warrant for Rice and announced that he had been charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury, and six counts of collision involving injuries. The Corvette driver was identified and faced the same charges. Rice turned himself in to Glenn Heights police the following day and was briefly jailed in DeSoto. Rice also faced a $1 million lawsuit from injuries caused by the crash.

On May 7, 2024, Dallas police announced that Rice was under investigation for allegedly punching a photographer at a downtown Dallas club. Rice was not arrested or charged with a crime. On May 21, Dallas police said that the victim declined to press charges.

In a July 17, 2025, plea bargain stemming from the Dallas car crash, Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree felonies: one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and one count of racing on a highway causing bodily injury. West said that all additional charges were dismissed. A Dallas County judge sentenced Rice to five years of probation and 30 days of jail time and ordered him to pay $115,481.91 to the victims for out-of-pocket medical expenses. No determination was made regarding when he would serve his jail sentence. That same week, Rice agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by two crash victims, agreeing to pay $1 million plus their legal expenses, but he still faced a lawsuit from another victim seeking $250,000 to $1 million in damages.

On May 19, 2026, it was reported that Rice had tested positive for THC, violating his probation. He was subsequently ordered to serve 30 days in a Dallas County jail.