Rice spoke to ESPN's Nate Taylor on Saturday about the potential punishment for speeding to cause a chain-reaction crash that injured multiple people. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation. On the NFL suspension, Rice said:

The Chiefs selected Rice with a second-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft. He caught 79 passes for 938 yards as a rookie before his sophomore season ended after four games due to a knee injury.

The high-speed incident occurred along the North Central Expressway in Dallas. The chain-reaction collision damaged five vehicles, left two people hospitalized and injured two others. Rice and four other men fled the scene on foot without checking on the occupants of the other vehicles.