Current：Home > reviewsCommanders sign WR Martavis Bryant, giving him a chance to play in NFL for 1st time since 2018 -AlphaFinance Experts
Commanders sign WR Martavis Bryant, giving him a chance to play in NFL for 1st time since 2018
View
Date：2025-04-14 20:34:02
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Commanders have signed receiver Martavis Bryant, who hasn’t played in the NFL since 2018, when he had his third substance-abuse violation.
Washington cut kicker Ramiz Ahmed on Tuesday to clear a roster spot and give Bryant another comeback chance.
The Dallas Cowboys released Bryant in May after he was on their practice squad last season.
The 32-year-old played his last game on Nov. 11, 2018, for Oakland before the franchise moved to Las Vegas.
Pittsburgh drafted Bryant out of Clemson in the fourth round a decade ago and he had eight touchdown receptions in 10 games as a rookie.
Just before he started his second season, he was suspended for the first of three times for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. He returned from the suspension n 2015 and had a career-high 765 yards receiving in 10 games.
Bryant was banned from the league for the 2016 season and played played 15 games for the Steelers in 2017 before an offseason trade to the Raiders.
___
AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
veryGood！ (43)
Related
- British golfer Charley Hull blames injury, not lack of cigarettes, for poor Olympic start
- Two shootings, two different responses — Maine restricts guns while Iowa arms teachers
- The 'magic bullet' driving post-pandemic population revival of major US urban centers
- A lab chief’s sentencing for meningitis deaths is postponed, extending grief of victims’ families
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- See Josh Hartnett Play Serial Killer Dad in Chilling Trap Movie Trailer Amid His Hollywood Return
- Caitlin Clark might soon join select group of WNBA players with signature shoes
- 'Harry Potter,' 'Star Wars' actor Warwick Davis mourns death of wife Samantha
- Olympic men's basketball bracket: Results of the 5x5 tournament
- 50* biggest NFL draft busts of last 50 years: Trey Lance, other 2021 QBs already infamous
Ranking
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- Here's how much Caitlin Clark will make in the WNBA
- Indianapolis man charged with murder in fatal shootings of 3 at apartment complex
- Zack Snyder's 'Rebel Moon' is back in 'Part 2': What kind of mark will 'Scargiver' leave?
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Baby boomers are hitting peak 65. Two-thirds don't have nearly enough saved for retirement.
- Jared Goff calls Detroit new home, says city can relate to being 'cast aside' like he was
- Taylor Swift releases 'Tortured Poets Department' merch, sneak peek of 'Fortnight' video
Recommendation
Euphoria's Hunter Schafer Says Ex Dominic Fike Cheated on Her Before Breakup
Long-lost first USS Enterprise model is returned to ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry’s son
A lab chief’s sentencing for meningitis deaths is postponed, extending grief of victims’ families
Finding an apartment may be easier for California pet owners under new legislation
Report: Lauri Markkanen signs 5-year, $238 million extension with Utah Jazz
Trae Young or Dejounte Murray? Hawks must choose after another disappointing season
Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement
Suspect in fire outside of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office to remain detained, judge says