ASHBURN, Virginia -- The Washington Redskins on Monday signed defensive lineman Caleb Brantley, who dropped in the 2017 NFL draft because of misdemeanor simple battery charges that later were dismissed.
Brantley was projected to go around the second round by some draft experts based on his ability, but fell to the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round in part because of the charges. They stemmed from an altercation with a woman at a bar in Gainesville, Florida. She claimed that after pushing him, Brantley responded by "striking [her] in the face, knocking her unconscious.