Browns running back Kareem Hunt has signed his second-round tender, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. With that, Hunt will earn $3.27MM on the year. 
The Browns took a gamble on Hunt in 2018, despite his troubled history in Kansas City. The Chiefs cut the running back after a surveillance video showed him striking a woman at a Cleveland hotel. In that same year, he also got into a physical altercation with a man in Ohio. Hunt promised the Browns that he would work hard on the field and clean up his act off of the field. On the field, he held up his end of the bargain with a 4.2 yards per carry average. Off the field, this past January, he was cited for marijuana possession, though those charges were dropped in March.
Despite the citation, the Browns tendered Hunt at the second-round level this offseason. He’s now set to resume his role as a complementary back to starter Nick Chubb in 2020.
Hunt, a 2017 third-round pick, began his NFL career with a league-leading 1,327 rushing yards and eight touchdowns as a rookie. He continued that production up until his KC release in 2018 with 14 all-purpose TDs through eleven games.
Hopefully, Hunt behaves well going forward. Hunt has too much talent to waste.
So did Justin Blackmon Josh Gordon Greg Hardy Aldon Smith Rolando McClain. They had too much talent to waste and wound up wasting it.
Some people just don’t learn from their mistakes no matter how many chances they’re given.
You can add Manziel to that list for Cleveland as well.
He said talent. Manziel was a good college QB with a loud mouth. There’s a reason Cleveland was the only team interested. He couldn’t even run a smooth practice for the Browns. Average arm strength, average speed doesn’t equal NFL success unless you have a great work ethic.
To think he could have a ring if he wasnt an idiot.
Don’t encourage him to take up robbery…lol.
It’s only a matter of time that this comes back to turn into a bad situation
Yeah it seems like only days ago he was pulled over and had been boozing and had dope in the car.
Given many opportunities unfortunately he will succumb to his own demons
I don’t like Hunt but the Browns are only putting $3M at risk and if he does get his act together then it will be a very shrewd investment.
He seems like such a levelheaded guy. What could go wrong?