Hours before kickoff against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, the Cleveland Browns announced that they have released second-year wide receiver Antonio Callaway.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that Callaway is facing a 10-game suspension for another violation of the league’s substance abuse policy. Callaway appealed the suspension last week, according to the report, arguing that the positive test resulted from a tainted CBD product.
Callaway started season serving drug ban
Callaway started the season serving a four-game suspension for a substance-abuse violation and has played sparingly since.
The Browns gambled on Callaway in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL draft, betting that his upside and talent would outweigh the red flags that surfaced from a tumultuous college career at Florida.