Browns Place Donald Stephenson on Reserve/Retired List

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Donald Stephenson’s stint with the Cleveland Browns didn’t last long. After signing the 29-year-old offensive tackle in March, the Browns now placed him on the reserve/retired list. This comes after Stephenson received two games suspension in June for the league’s policy on substances of abuse.

Donald Stephenson signed a one-year, $2.5 million with the Browns and was expected to compete for the starting offensive tackle position. Despite this, Stephenson didn’t take part in any of the Browns’ team activities since inking the deal, including OTAs, voluntary workouts or minicamp. Because of this, Browns are not required to pay any of the player’s salary, which also won’t count against their 2018 salary cap. The team recently signed Greg Robinson as the replacement for Stephenson.

After playing college football at Oklahoma and earning All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2011, Donald Stephenson was selected in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. He spent four years with the Chiefs, in which he started 21 games. He then signed a two-year deal with the Denver Broncos in 2016, which was worth $14 million with $10 million. Stephenson played 80 career games in the NFL and started 37 of them.

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