Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice filed for bankruptcy in Texas on Wednesday, listing $3.5 million in debts against $677,054 in personal assets. The filing pulls together the financial fallout from a turbulent two years, most of it centered on a 2024 high-speed crash in Dallas that injured multiple people.

According to the filing, Rice’s largest creditor is owed $979,837 as part of a settlement from that crash. He’s also disputing roughly $700,000 in crash-victim lawsuits and about $200,000 from a former girlfriend who alleged assault. Rice, 26, served 30 days in jail and five years’ probation for the crash, plus another 30 days for a probation violation. The NFL suspended him six games over the crash but did not discipline him over the assault allegations.

On the field, Rice remains in the final year of his rookie contract and has 20 catches for 243 yards and two touchdowns this season. The bankruptcy case now runs alongside his ongoing civil litigation, raising questions about how his next contract, if there is one, gets structured.

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