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How Rashee Rice's rookie success helped the Chiefs to the Super Bowl

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THE FIRST DAY of wide receiver Rashee Rice's NFL career was a mess -- literally. In the middle of a drill at his initial Kansas City Chiefs training camp and struggling in the summer heat, Rice threw up.

Rice and the Chiefs knew better days were ahead, but they didn't know those days would happen for him so quickly.

Rice wound up leading the Chiefs' wide receivers by wide margins during the regular season in catches (79), yards (938) and touchdowns (7). His was the best season for a rookie wide receiver in the 25-year head-coaching career of Andy Reid, whose previous rookie receivers include Tyreek Hill, DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin.