NFL says Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross can’t practice or attend games

Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross has been placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List following his arrest in Shawnee earlier this week.

Ross is not allowed to practice or attend games. The Chiefs play at Denver on Sunday.

The NFL made the announcement on Friday while the Chiefs were practicing. The Commissioner’s Exempt List as a special player status used for unusual circumstances. The list includes players who have been declared by the commissioner Roger Goodell to be temporarily exempt from counting on their team’s 53-man active roster..

Ross practiced with the Chiefs Wednesday and Thursday. He pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor charges Tuesday in Johnson County District Court. The bond was set at $2,500, and stipulations included no contact with the alleged victim, no alcohol or drug usage and no firearms.

Earlier that day, Ross was charged with one count of domestic battery with no priors and one count of criminal damage to property totaling less than $1,000 after an incident at a Shawnee apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office.

Ross’ next court date is Dec. 4.

Only the commissioner can decide who goes on the Commissioner’s Exempt List. Organizations have no say on who (or why) a player is so designated. A player on the list may, with permission, be present at the team’s facility on a reasonable basis for meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation and other permitted non-football activities.

A second-year receiver out of Clemson, Ross has three catches for 34 yards in seven games played for the Chiefs this season. Ross entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2022.