Browns sign Kareem Hunt to two-year, $13.25M extension

Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt (27) has a new deal. Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Browns sign former Pro Bowl RB Kareem Hunt to two-year, $13.25 million extension

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 9/8/20

Less than two years after the Kansas City Chiefs parted ways with Kareem Hunt, the Cleveland Browns are paying the running back originally from Northeast Ohio.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported Tuesday afternoon that the Browns and Hunt have agreed to a two-year contract extension that includes $8.5 million in guaranteed money and could be worth up to $13.25 million.

Hunt, 25, thanked the organization via Instagram for the deal that could keep him tied to the club for the next three years.

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For The ‘Land. #Stayinghome

A post shared by Kareem Hunt 3️⃣ (@bigreem_3) on Sep 8, 2020 at 10:07am PDT

Hunt earned Pro Football Writers Association Rookie of the Year honors in 2017 and was a mainstay in the Kansas City offense until November 2018, when a video showing him physically assaulting a woman inside a Cleveland hotel the previous February went public. The Chiefs released Hunt, but the Browns gave him a new football home the subsequent February.

Hunt served a suspension over the first half of the 2019 campaign and went on to feature for Cleveland in eight contests. He accumulated 179 rushing yards on 43 attempts (4.2 YPC) with two rushing touchdowns. In the passing attack, Hunt added 37 receptions and a touchdown grab.

Hunt currently sits behind Nick Chubb on the Browns depth chart. Chubb (1,494) finished second to only Tennessee Titans back Derrick Henry (1,540) in regular-season rushing yards last year and is signed on his rookie contract through the 2021 season.

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