Tyreek Hill will not be subject to NFL discipline upon entering the league but could be considered a repeat offender under its conduct policy if he is involved in another incident of domestic violence.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Wednesday that a player new to the league who has already been arrested or charged with with violent or threatening conduct would not be subject to initial punishment. Hill, a fifth-round draft pick by the Chiefs on Saturday, pleaded guilty in August 2015 to domestic abuse by strangulation of his pregnant girlfriend.
NFL players can receive a baseline six-game suspension without pay for a first offense of violent or threatening conduct, but McCarthy said that only applies when the first infraction occurs when the player is in the NFL.