Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt will have to sit the first eight games of the 2019 campaign as a result of a suspension handed down by the NFL, but commissioner Roger Goodell is mulling allowing Hunt to remain with the Browns during his ban.
“I left open the door that maybe for a portion of the suspension, that I would allow access back into the facility in an earlier stage,’’ Goodell said, according to Darin Gantt of Pro Football Talk. “We have done that frequently in the context of longer suspensions in the best interest of the player, so that a player can adjust back in, have the opportunity to get back into the workout routine including practices, potentially.”
Hunt's suspension came as a result of a video that surfaced this past November that showed the 23-year-old assaulting a woman outside of a Cleveland hotel last February.
Hunt was immediately released by his former Kansas City Chiefs team after the video turned up, and he was then placed on the commissioner's exempt list.
“But, a lot of that will be dependent on consistency with things we agreed to when I met with Kareem,” added Goodell. “What we laid out and what we agreed to as far as using the resources of the league and the Players Association to make sure that he’s making better decisions going forward, and that was very clearly stated. I expect that will be the foundation of any decision I make on that point.”
The University of Toledo product signed with Cleveland in mid-February.
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