--- description: Rice's wife and daughter accompanied him title: Ray Rice Returns to High School Alma Mater for Football Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ray Rice Returns to His High School for Football Game by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2014 7:35 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2014 7:35 PM CUT Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens star who was shown hitting his then-fiancée, now wife Janay in a newly-released video, [returned Saturday to his high school alma mater](http://7online.com/news/ray-rice-at-new-rochelle-high-school-football-game/307431/ "undefined") in New Rochelle, New York for a football game. Rice walked onto New Rochelle high school’s McKenna Field holding his 2-year-old daughter. A private security detail, extra police and the school principal were at the game as well. New Rochelle High School removed [Rice’s portrait](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/12/mixed-reaction-among-new-rochelle-students-after-ray-rice-jersey-comes-down/?utm%5Fcontent=buffer04cf7&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer "undefined") and NFL jersey from the school’s wall of fame earlier this week. At the time, the school principal Reggie Richardson said, “We condemn his actions and know that solving problems with physical violence is never acceptable,” in a statement released to [NJ Advance Media](http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/09/ray%5Frices%5Fjersey%5Fwall%5Fof%5Ffame%5Fphoto%5Ftaken%5Fdown%5Fat%5Fnew%5Frochelle%5Fhigh.html "undefined"). Richardson added that despite removing Rice’s jersey from the wall, the high school still supported him. Later in the week, a photograph of Rice was pasted on the gymnasium wall. Rice is from New Rochelle and graduated from the high school in 2005. > [](https://twitter.com/TalkoftheSound/status/510253371576823808) The former Ravens running back was indefinitely suspended from the NFL and cut from the Ravens after a video showing him hitting his now-wife, in a New Jersey casino elevator, causing her to lose consciousness. \[[_ABC_](http://7online.com/news/ray-rice-at-new-rochelle-high-school-football-game/307431/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3362571/ray-rice-returns-to-his-high-school-for-football-game/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3362571/ray-rice-returns-to-his-high-school-for-football-game/"},"headline":"Ray Rice Returns to His High School for Football Game","datePublished":"2014-09-13T19:35:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:10:14.796Z","description":"In his first public appearance since being cut from the Baltimore Ravens, the player was accompanied by his wife and their young daughter","url":"https://time.com/3362571/ray-rice-returns-to-his-high-school-for-football-game/","keywords":["Sports topic","Football","NFL","ray rice","Baltimore Ravens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3362571/ray-rice-returns-to-his-high-school-for-football-game/","name":"Ray Rice Returns to His High School for Football Game"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ray Rice Apology","description":"Ray Rice Apology","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Fu9CAHZT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-31T18:54:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Fu9CAHZT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3362571/ray-rice-returns-to-his-high-school-for-football-game/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3362571/ray-rice-returns-to-his-high-school-for-football-game/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```