Overview

• The designation bars Ward from practices, games and team facilities while keeping him on paid status, freeing a Texans roster spot and leaving him sidelined as he also rehabs on the active-PUP list.
• The NFL initiated a Personal Conduct Policy review that could result in discipline depending on its findings.
• Ward was arrested June 12 on a felony assault-family violence charge in Magnolia, Texas, according to prior reporting.
• KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson reported an Aug. 8 positive alcohol test that allegedly violated zero-tolerance pre-trial bond conditions.
• A subsequent civil lawsuit alleges additional sexual and physical assaults, including claims of methamphetamine use.