Free Agent RB Mark Walton Suspended Eight Weeks

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that free-agent RB Mark Walton has been suspended for the next eight weeks of the 2020 season.

Walton had his charge of aggravated battery of a pregnant woman from last year dropped by the state of Florida back in May. 

Walton’s lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, said that he’s hoping an NFL team will give Walton another chance at some point. 

“I’d really like to see a team take a chance on him. He’s a young player with a great future who grew up in tough area of Miami without a father figure. I know that he can overcome this,” Gottlieb said, per Adam Beasley. 

Walton was arrested back in February after police responded to a domestic dispute. Walton reportedly got into a verbal dispute with the mother of his child, but there was no physical contact between Walton and the woman.

Police did, however, arrest Walton for violating a restraining order she filed against him.

This was the fifth arrest for Walton dating back to early last year. 

Walton was in the midst of a four-game suspension related to being arrested three times in less than three months, which ultimately led to his release from the Bengals. He later received six months probation for pleading no contest to a misdemeanor weapons charge. 

From there, Walton was arrest for allegedly punching a woman, who was pregnant with his son, “several times in the face and head.” Miami cut him soon after. 

Walton, 23, is a former fourth-round pick of the Bengals back in 2018. Cincinnati waived him and he was later claimed off of waivers by the Dolphins. 

Walton was in the second year of his four-year, $3,145,348 and set to make a base salary of $570,000 for the 2019 season when the Dolphins waived last November. 

In 2019, Walton appeared in seven games for the Dolphins and rushed for 201 yards on 53 carries (3.8 YPC) to go along with 15 receptions for 89 yards and no touchdowns.