The National Football League placed Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross on the Commissioner Exempt list.
Ross is ineligible to participate in Chiefs practices and games.
Ross was charged this week with misdemeanor domestic battery and criminal property damage. The property damage is for items valued at less than $1,000, which included a car key, gold bracelet, computer monitor, laptop and iPhone.
The 23-year-old Ross has been ordered to have no contact with the accuser or any witnesses.
He is due back in court on Dec. 4.
Chiefs’ WR Justyn Ross, who has missed the last five games on the Commissioner Exempt List after an October incident, will be suspended six regular season games for violating the Personal Conduct Policy, per the NFL. Since any games a player misses while on the list is credited… pic.twitter.com/M5MZzU25ot
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 8, 2023
According to the NFL Player Personnel Policy Manual, the “Exempt List is a special player status available to clubs only in unusual circumstances. The List includes those players who have been declared by the Commissioner to be temporarily exempt from counting within the Active List limit. Only the Commissioner has the authority to place a player on the Exempt List; clubs have no such authority, and no exemption, regardless of circumstances, is automatic.
“The Commissioner also has the authority to determine in advance whether a player’s time on the Exempt List will be finite or will continue until the Commissioner deems the exemption should be lifted and the player returned to the Active List.”
Ross has three catches for 34 yards in seven games this season for Kansas City, his first year with the team. He signed a three-year, $2.56 million deal with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of Clemson last year. He did not play as a rookie after having foot surgery last July.
