New England Patriots’ defensive tackle Daniel Ekuale’s road to securing a roster spot for 2022 may have just hit a potential hazard.
Per ESPN, Ekuale has been suspended for the first two games of the 2022 NFL season. The reason for his suspension has yet to be revealed.
Ekuale originally entered the league as a rookie free agent out of Washington State in 2018. He spent his first two seasons with the Cleveland Browns, and his 2020 campaign with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Ekuale signed with the Patriots’ practice squad in September 2021. Though he remained on the practice squad for the duration of the season, he was elevated to the game-day on multiple occasions, both as a standard elevation and a COVID-19 replacement.