Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross was placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List Friday, four days after his arrest for misdemeanor charges involving domestic battery and property damage.
Ross, who pleaded not guilty to both charges, is not allowed to practice or play with the team while on that list. Players on the list get paid, however they do not count against the team’s roster limit.
It initially was reported that Ross was arrested Monday in Shawnee, Kan., on suspicion of criminal damage exceeding $25,000, a felony.
However, a report from 610SportsKC on Tuesday said he was in the custody of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office on domestic battery with no priors and criminal damage of less than $1,000.
Ross, 23, was signed by Kansas City as an undrafted free agent out of Clemson in May 2022. He missed all of last season due to a foot injury.
He made his NFL debut this year, and he has appeared off the bench in all seven of the Chiefs’ games. Ross has three catches for 34 yards, though he hasn’t been targeted with a pass in either of the past two games.
Ross had a 1,000-yard receiving season for Clemson as a freshman in 2018, but he missed all of the 2020 season following spinal surgery.
–Field Level Media