Still hoping for another chance to play in the NFL, former Ravens running back Ray Rice is venturing into coaching this week as part of the 2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.
Rice is coaching the running backs along with fellow Ravens running back Priest Holmes for Mike Martz’s National Team. The all-star game for draft-eligible college players will take place in Carson, Calif. on Saturday afternoon.
Turning 29 later this week, Rice hasn’t played since his contract was terminated by the Ravens and he was suspended indefinitely by the NFL on Sept. 8, 2014, the same day a video was released of him striking his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, in an Atlantic City casino earlier that year. Since Rice had already been suspended two games by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, his indefinite suspension was overturned in late November of that year, but no team has reportedly given Rice even as much as a tryout the last two seasons.
In various interviews, Rice has expressed a desire to mentor and advise younger players in hopes that they’ll avoid the same mistakes he made, and this appears to be a forum in which he can do that for NFL hopefuls.
Ex-Raven Rice coaching at this week's NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
Luke Jones
Luke Jones is the Ravens and Orioles beat reporter for WNST BaltimorePositive.com and is a PFWA member. His mind is consumed with useless sports knowledge, pro wrestling promos, and movie quotes, but he often forgets where he put his phone. Luke's favorite sports memories include being one of the thousands of kids who waited for Cal Ripken's autograph after Orioles games in the summer of 1995, attending the Super Bowl XXXV victory parade with his dad in the pouring rain, and watching the Terps advance to the Final Four at the Carrier Dome in 2002. Follow him on social media @BaltimoreLuke or email him at Luke@wnst.net.
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