Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is spending a portion of his offseason behind bars after a Texas judge ordered him to begin serving a 30-day jail sentence immediately for violating his probation.

The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that Rice was taken into custody during a court appearance after testing positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. The positive test triggered a violation of the five-year deferred probation terms he received last July when he pleaded guilty to felony charges stemming from a high-speed car crash. Under that initial plea agreement, Rice was permitted to serve his 30-day jail sentence at any point during his probation, but the failed drug test forced the court to execute the jail time right away.

According to Dallas County jail records, Rice was booked into the facility just before 1:30 p.m. Eastern time and is scheduled for release on June 16.

The immediate incarceration means Rice will be absent from the Chiefs' voluntary organized team activities and mandatory minicamp, which runs through mid-June. Legal issues aside, Rice is also recovering from a recent surgical cleanup of his right knee to remove loose debris. The medical procedure is expected to keep him sidelined from physical football activities for roughly two months, though sources indicate he should be recovered in time for training camp later this summer.

The legal fallout traces back to March 2024, when Rice was behind the wheel of a leased Lamborghini Urus traveling 119 mph on Dallas’ North Central Expressway. Rice and a former SMU teammate, Theodore Knox, lost control of their vehicles, causing a chain-reaction crash that injured several people. Dashcam and highway surveillance footage captured Rice and his passengers leaving the scene on foot before first responders arrived without checking on the injured drivers.

The league previously disciplined Rice for the incident, handing down a six-game suspension last season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. When reached for comment on the probation violation, both the Chiefs and the NFL acknowledged the situation but declined to comment further. Rice’s defense attorney, Thomas M. McMurray, did not immediately respond to inquiries.

While Rice is in jail, his financial and civil battles continue to mount. A Texas judge recently issued a $2.88 million default judgment against Knox for gross negligence in connection to the crash. That ruling follows a prior court order directing Rice to pay $1.1 million to one of the crash victims, Kathryn Kuykendall. Multiple other victims have filed civil suits against Rice, with trials tentatively scheduled to stretch into early 2027.

The receiver also faces an ongoing civil lawsuit from Dacoda Jones, who alleges Rice physically abused her multiple times between 2023 and 2025. While the NFL closed its independent investigation into those allegations due to insufficient evidence to support a league suspension, the civil court case is moving forward, with a hearing scheduled for next month.