Kansas City Chiefs Rookie Sensation Rashee Rice Eyeing Franchise Record Headed Into Season Finale – Week 18

Bowe recorded 995 receiving yards and five touchdowns on 70 receptions as a rookie in 2007. Bowe, a one-time Pro-Bowler, spent eight of his nine NFL seasons with the Chiefs, surpassing 1,000 yards receiving three times and leading the league in touchdowns during the 2010 season. 

Kansas City Chiefs WR Rashee Rice: Sensational Rookie Campaign

Kansas City selected Rashee Rice with the 55th overall pick in last year’s NFL draft. Rice scored the first touchdown for the Chiefs this season, a one-yard pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the second quarter of the season opener. The SMU product posted solid numbers until Week 12 when he exploded for 107 yards and a touchdown on eight catches. Rice used that game to propel himself to a hefty target share. The rookie has received 46 targets over the past five games, catching 35 passes for 411 yards and two touchdowns. 

Rice trails just megastar tight end Travis Kelce for the most receiving yards on the Chiefs. However, he leads the team with seven touchdown receptions and 9.2 yards per target. Rice enters the season finale with 79 receptions, 938 yards, and seven touchdowns. With 62 yards receiving, Rice will become the first Kansas City wideout not named Tyreek Hill to eclipse 1,000 yards since Jeremy Maclin in 2015. 

Chiefs: Headed Into Playoffs with Question Marks at WR Position

Kansas City will head to the postseason for a ninth straight season, but question marks continue to swirl around the receiver room. Drops and miscues have plagued the Chiefs this season. Wideout Marquez Valdes-Scantling dropped the potential game-winning touchdown pass in Week 11 against the Philadelphia Eagles. At the same time, an offensive offside penalty from fellow receiver Kadarius Toney nullified a late touchdown in the team’s Week 14 loss to the Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs own one of the highest drop rates in the NFL, per Pro-Football-Reference.