ESPN.com · Jan 20, 2016
Ex-RB Rice still training, hoping for return to NFL
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice said Wednesday he still hopes an NFL team will sign him and that he's training for that possibility.
"I'm still hopeful. It's never over until it's over," Rice told ESPNU's Quint Kessenich at the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, where Rice is serving as a coach. "I'm not ready to give it up. My second chance might have taken a little longer than I expected. I still know I have a lot of game left. I'm not worried about that part of it."
Rice, 28, has been out of the NFL since he was released by the Ravens in September 2014 after a video emerged of him punching his then-fiancée Janay Palmer, who is now married to the three-time Pro Bowl player.
