RAY RICE

                                             RAY RICE 
RAYMELL MOURICE "RAY" RICE BORN JANUARY 22, 1987 IS A PROFESSIONAL
AMERICAN FOOTBALL RUNNING BACK WHO IS CURRENTLY A FREE AGENT. HE PLAYED
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR TUTGERS AND WAS DRAFTED BY THE BALTIMORE RAVENS
IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE 2008 NFL DRAFT. HE IS RANKED AS THE RAVENS'
SECOND ALL-TIME LEADING RUSHER BEHIND JAMAL LEWIS 7801 WITH 6180
YARDS AND IS ALSO SECOND IS RUSHING ATTEMPTS 1,430 AND RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 37 AND THIRD IN COMBINED TOUCHDOWNS 43.


IN MARCH 2014, RICE WAS ARRESTED AND SUBSEQUENTLY INDICTED FOR THIRD-DEGREEE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT RELATING TO AN INCIDENT IN WHICH HE PUNCHED HIS THEN-FLANCEE NOW WIFE IN THE FACE.THE BLOW KNOCKED HER UNCONCSCIOUS. THE INCIDENT BECAME A PROMINENT CONTROVERSY AFTER TMZ RELEASED A VIDEO OF THE ENCOUNTER, WHICH LED TO AN NFL POLICY CHANGE REGARDING HOW IT HANDLES DOMENSTIC VIOLENCE CAMES. RICE'S CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED BY THE RAVENS IN SEPTEMBER 2014, FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF AN ADDITIONAL  VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY BY THE LEAGUE, BUT WAS REINSTATED AFTER HE SUCCESSFULLY APPEALED THE DECISION IN FEDERAL COURT.

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