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Seahawks’ Kendricks banned 8 games, to return Week 14

The Sports Xchange

October 30, 2018 at 12:44 pm.

Seattle Seahawks linebacker Mychal Kendricks was retroactively suspended eight games by the NFL and will be able to return to action in Week 14, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday.

Kendricks was suspended after pleading guilty in September to federal insider trading charges. The ban, which began on Oct. 2, includes previous time served.

The 28-year-old Kendricks can return to practice Nov. 12 and play Dec. 10 when the Seahawks face the Minnesota Vikings in Week 14. Kendricks’ brother, Eric, plays for Minnesota.

Kendricks is not scheduled to be sentenced until Jan. 24. He could be facing 30 to 37 months in prison.

The 6-foot, 240-pound Kendricks allegedly made a profit of nearly $1.2 million from investments tied to insider trading four years ago. Damilare Sonoiki, a Goldman Sachs analyst who was charged with assisting Kendricks, also pleaded guilty.

Kendricks recorded 15 tackles and two sacks over his three games with the Seahawks, who signed him on Sept. 13 to a one-year deal worth $743,529 — the prorated amount of a $790,000 minimum salary.

A second-round pick of the Eagles in the 2012 NFL Draft, Kendricks spent his first six seasons with Philadelphia before he was released by the team in May. He signed a one-year deal with the Cleveland Browns the following month.

The Browns said they were aware that Kendricks had been involved in a “financial situation” in 2014 but were told that he had fully cooperated with investigators as a victim.

Kendricks has collected 474 tackles, 16 sacks, six forced fumbles, five fumble recoveres and three interceptions in 88 career contests for Philadelphia and Seattle.

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