The NFL on Tuesday announced it has suspended Cleveland Browns rookie defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. five games without pay for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Hall, who plead no contest in September to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct stemming from a domestic altercation in the summer, will be eligible for reinstatement after the Browns' Week 5 game against the Washington Commanders.
Hall has been on the commissioner's exempt list since the beginning of the regular season. In accordance with the personal conduct policy, all regular season games a player misses while on exempt list is credited against any suspension later imposed on him and the player must return his salary for those missed games.