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Rashee Rice injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Kansas City Chiefs · Wide receiver · status this week: QUESTIONABLE (ESPN)
Over his 3 full seasons on record, Rashee Rice played 28 of 51 regular-season games (55%), and 4 of 5 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Kansas City Chiefs room absorbs +1.46 receptions, and Xavier Worthy takes the largest single share at +0.24. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rashee Rice WR · 55% snaps | 4.50 | — | OUT |
| Travis Kelce TE · 78% snaps | 3.80 | 3.80 | +0.00 |
| Xavier Worthy WR · 82% snaps | 3.80 | 4.04 | +0.24 |
| Kenneth Walker III RB · 76% snaps | 2.40 | 2.40 | +0.00 |
| Noah Gray TE · 61% snaps | 2.10 | 2.10 | +0.00 |
| Tyquan Thornton WR · 56% snaps | 2.10 | 2.34 | +0.24 |
| Andrew Armstrong WR · 69% snaps | 1.70 | 1.94 | +0.24 |
| Jalen Royals WR · 43% snaps | 1.60 | 1.84 | +0.24 |
| Emmett Johnson RB · 26% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| Brashard Smith RB · 6% snaps | 0.80 | 0.80 | +0.00 |
| Cyrus Allen WR · 7% snaps | 0.60 | 0.84 | +0.24 |
| Justin Watson WR · 2% snaps | 0.60 | 0.84 | +0.24 |
| Nikko Remigio WR · 3% snaps | 0.10 | 0.12 | +0.02 |
Injury history
Over his 3 full seasons on record, Rashee Rice played 28 of 51 regular-season games (55%), and 4 of 5 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 4 of 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Hamstring |
| 2025 | KC | 8 of 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Concussion |
| 2024 | KC | 4 of 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | KC | 16 of 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Hamstring |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Rashee Rice’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection