Malik McDowell’s NFL career was seemingly over before it ever got started, and the team that drafted him wants its money back.

The Seattle Seahawks filed suit in federal court on Wednesday, stating the former Michigan State defensive lineman has failed to pay back the $799,238 an arbitrator ordered him to after McDowell suffered a head injury in an ATV accident in July 2017, keeping him from ever playing a single snap in the NFL after being drafted in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Per the suit, an arbitrator ruled in February that McDowell’s ATV use represented a breach of his contract and called on the defensive lineman to repay his signing bonus of $1,599,238. The Seahawks recouped $800,000 by not paying McDowell’s salary for the 2018 season.

McDowell was released after the 2018 season, never being cleared to play by the team's doctors.

McDowell was a second-team All-American according to CBS Sports and SI.com as a junior at Michigan State in 2016, despite missing the final three games with an ankle injury.

“His doctors believe he’s ready to go,” said Rosenhaus, according to Yahoo Sports. “We’ve got experts that are saying he will be cleared. So hopefully he will be able to continue his career, possibly (in Dallas). He has been cleared independently. But the Seahawks tried their best to work with him and unfortunately they didn’t feel he could continue to play.”

McDowell reportedly visited with the Cowboys but he still has not signed with an NFL team.