Overview

• Bond agreed to a three-year, $3.018 million fully guaranteed deal with Cleveland, an uncommon guarantee level for an undrafted free agent.
• A Collin County grand jury returned no bill on his April sexual assault allegation and a federal court dismissed his defamation suit with prejudice.
• Cleveland’s front office conducted extensive vetting that included a passed independent polygraph test and factored in his prior work with OC Tommy Rees at Alabama.
• The NFL has opened a personal conduct review that could still result in disciplinary action independent of the criminal outcome.
• The guaranteed contract is expected to secure Bond a spot on the Browns’ 53-man roster and inject elite speed into a thin wide receiver corps.