Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice appeared to have suffered a serious injury after colliding with his own quarterback on Sunday.
Rice was carted off the field during the first quarter of the Chiefs’ game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
He appeared to have suffered a knee injury after Patrick Mahomes hit him as the quarterback attempted to make a tackle after throwing an interception.
On just the Chiefs’ second possession of the divisional matchup at SoFi Stadium, Mahomes threw an interception that was intercepted by the Chargers’ Kristian Fulton.
When Fulton returned the interception, Rice stripped him of the ball, but was accidentally hit by his own caller as Mahomes attempted to make a tackle on the play.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was carted off the field during Sunday’s game.
The receiver had to be helped off the field before being taken to the locker room.
Rice appeared inconsolable as he left the game, covering his face with a towel over his head.
The Chiefs later ruled him out of the game with a knee injury. The extent of the injury is unknown at this time.
Chiefs defensive lineman Charles Omenihu, who is working his way back from his own injury, shared fans’ devastation on social media.
“God knows that double R CANNOT BE HURT,” Omenihu wrote on X, later adding: “I’m sick, I can’t lie.”
Last month, Rice thanked Mahomes for his support during an offseason filled with legal problems.
The receiver stripped the ball from Kristian Fulton before being hit by Patrick Mahomes.
Rice appeared inconsolable as he left the game, covering his face with a towel.
Rice faces one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision with serious bodily injury and six more counts of collision with injury for his role in a single-vehicle crash on a Dallas freeway in March when he was going 119 mph.
The former SMU trustee is also suspected in an assault at a Dallas nightclub, but no charges have been filed.
At training camp, Rice answered questions for the first time and praised Mahomes, saying, “He’s been very important.”
‘He’s there for me whenever I need him on or off the field. He’s just a phone call away and he’ll always answer mine, so I hired him.’