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Rashee Rice
Rashee Rice is a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. Depth chart: WR1.
Scouting report
Rashee Rice: the full picture
Rashee Rice at a glance
Rashee Rice is a 26-year-old wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, listed at 6'1" and 203 pounds. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Rice 55th overall in the second round in 2023, out of SMU, and 2026 is Rice's 4th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Rice for 222.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR13 at the position and works out to 17.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Rice has scored 22.2 PPR points, or 11.1 per game. That is 10.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Rice would finish with about 189 points, behind the 222.8 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 12.3 points in Week 2 against IND, the WR26 finish that week. Rice has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Rice ranks in the 87th percentile in yards per target, the 85th percentile in average separation and the 77th percentile in receiving TDs. Three of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 19th percentile in target share.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Rice has finished as WR27 in 2023, WR100 in 2024 and WR40 in 2025. The high-water mark is 212.5 PPR points in 2023. Across 30 regular-season games on record, the totals read 162 receptions, 1,899 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns.
Rashee Rice by the numbers
Rice has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 9 times. The career high is 29.4 PPR points, set in Week 13 of 2025 against DAL. The game log also shows 5 100-yard receiving games. In all, Rice has reached 20 points in 7 games, 23% of career appearances.
Contract
Rice is playing on a four-year, $6.5 million contract signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2023, an average of $1.6 million per year with $3.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Rice carries a GV stock price of 6,809, which ranks 26th overall and WR10 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Rice 31st overall. Value has moved up 0.3 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Rashod Bateman, Wan'Dale Robinson and Ladd McConkey. See where Rice sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Rice in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 22, 2026. Read the latest Rashee Rice news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 222.8
- PPR / game
- 17.1
Week 2 projection
Rashee Rice is projected for 14.8 PPR points at home against IND in week 2, with a likely range of 1.3 to 33.9.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.3 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 68.5
- Dynasty
- 66.0
- Superflex redraft
- 72.6
- Superflex dynasty
- 72.9
- TE premium dynasty
- 39.8
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 2 | 8 | 6 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| 2025 | KC | 8 | 78 | 53 | 571 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 150.1 |
| 2024 | KC | 4 | 29 | 24 | 288 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 64.9 |
| 2023 | KC | 16 | 102 | 79 | 938 | 7 | 1 | -3 | 212.5 |
Wide receivers ranked near Rashee Rice
- Tetairoa McMillan WR10 · 229.0 PPR
- Chris Olave WR11 · 228.6 PPR
- Emeka Egbuka WR12 · 227.9 PPR
- George Pickens WR14 · 221.0 PPR
- Zay Flowers WR15 · 220.4 PPR
- Garrett Wilson WR16 · 217.9 PPR
Kansas City Chiefs fantasy players
- Patrick Mahomes QB · 304.1 PPR
- Kenneth Walker III RB · 201.7 PPR
- Travis Kelce TE · 151.8 PPR
- Xavier Worthy WR · 145.7 PPR
- Tyquan Thornton WR · 95.0 PPR
- Emmett Johnson RB · 90.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.