Rashee Rice has been one of the Kansas City Chiefs’ most reliable offensive weapons in 2023. His contributions as a rookie have been a crucial part of Kansas City’s success and earned him a significant amount of attention from Pro Football Focus, which has him graded as the Chiefs’ best wide receiver this season.
Rashee Rice: 85.0 PFF grade this season
🔺 1st among Chiefs receivers
🔺 Tied-2nd among all rookies pic.twitter.com/zbhaUDTnxI— PFF KC Chiefs (@PFF_Chiefs) December 20, 2023
Rice has also managed to earn the second-best grade of any rookie in the 2023 draft class, a feat which is particularly impressive given his status as a second-round pick.
While PFF grades are a great way to quantify a player’s performance, the raw stats he has accumulated over the course of his first 14 games in the NFL are equally impressive.
This season, Rice has caught 68 passes for 754 yards and seven touchdowns and blossomed into Kansas City’s second-most valuable pass catcher behind All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce.
Expect the rookie phenom to be heavily involved in Andy Reid’s game plan in Kansas City’s Week 16 matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas day.