Hunt, who is in the final year of a two-year, $12 million deal, has missed the team’s past two practices and told the Browns he will not participate until he receives an extension, a league source told ESPN. News of Hunt’s trade demand was first reported by Cleveland.com.
1 Related Hunt’s situation adds more drama for the Browns, who are waiting to see how long quarterback Deshaun Watson will be suspended for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Watson was suspended for six games by disciplinary Sue L. Robinson on Monday, but the NFL appealed the decision on Wednesday, seeking a stiffer penalty. The 27-year-old Hunt has been productive during his three seasons with Cleveland, but he missed nine games last season with calf and ankle injuries and finished with 386 yards and five touchdowns, finishing third on the team in rushing behind Nick Chubb ( 1,259 yards) and D’Ernest Johnson (534). Hunt led the Browns with 11 touchdowns (six rushing, five receiving) in 2020. Hunt, who led the NFL in rushing as a rookie with the Chiefs in 2017 when he had 1,327 yards, was released by Kansas City a year later after video surfaced of him pushing and kicking a woman. He signed with the Browns in 2019 and was suspended for the first eight games of that season for violating the personal conduct policy. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
