Police are looking for Rashee Rice in connection with a major accident Saturday evening in northeast Dallas, law enforcement officials confirmed to The Dallas...
Rice, a former star at SMU, was sought by Dallas police in connection with a major accident Saturday evening in northeast Dallas, law enforcement officials confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. SMU wide receiver Rashee Rice celebrates a touchdown catch in the end zone ahead of UNT defensive back DeShawn Gaddie during the third quarter of a game at Apogee Stadium in Denton, Saturday, Sept.
3, 2022. SMU defeated UNT 48-10.Who is Rice, the current wide receiver for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs? Here are five things to know about him:. Rice was a starter on both sides of the ball for the Royals, starting at both wide receiver and cornerback. He hadin 2017 en route to Richland finishing as a finalist in 5A Division II Region I, falling to eventual state runner-up Aledo.In between his junior and senior seasons at Richland, Rice made a pledge to stay in the D-FW area by, as a high school prospect, Rice boasted more than 20 FBS offers, including ones from nearby programs like Texas Tech, Houston and UTSA. He ultimately honored his verbal pledge to SMU and signed with the Mustangs after his senior season.Rice had offers from schools from each Power 5 conference. He had Big Ten offers , Big 12 offers , SEC offers , Pac-12 offers and ACC offers .While at SMU, Rice became a breakout star. After serving as a successful role player in his freshman season, waiting for his turn asAdvertisement Rice’s 1,355 receiving yards as a senior broke the SMU school record, and was a catalyst for a slew of honors he earned in 2022, including AP All-America Second Team, All-AAC First Team and Phil Steele All-America First Team.. Rice was the No. 55 overall pick by the Chiefs and was chosen to give QB Patrick Mahomes more weapons in the passing game.Through 8 games of his rookie season, Rice had 30 catches on 39 targets for 361 yards receiving and three touchdowns.In his final 8 regular season games of his rookie season, though, Rice’s usage and productivity skyrocketed. He had 49 catches on 63 targets during that stretch, good for 577 yards and four more touchdowns. In total, Rice had 79 catches for 938 yards and 7 TDs in his first NFL regular season. He had three times as many catches and twice as many yards as any other wide receiver on the Chiefs, and trailed only tight end Travis Kelce in those categories. Rice’s 7 receiving TDs were tops on the team regardless of position.Rice’s best game as a professional came in his first career playoff game, posting a career high 130 receiving yards in Kansas City’s Wild Card win over Miami. He followed that up with 47, 46 and 39 yards receiving in the Chiefs other three playoff games en route to the franchise’s second straight Super Bowl Championship, and its third in five years. Rice’s four-game playoff stretch was enough to earn him a spot in the NFL record books, breaking a new record for most playoff receptions by a rookie , besting the mark set by Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase just two years earlier by one., Breaking News Editor. Scott is the Breaking News Editor for the Dallas Morning News. He previously worked for the DMN sports department from 2010-2022, where he served as SportsDay's lead digital strategist and oversaw coverage of college sports, HS sports, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, soccer and golf. Prior to moving to Dallas, he worked at the Detroit Free Press.What stores are closed Easter Sunday? Target, Sam’s, Costco, Nordstrom and most malls
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