NFL Says It Found Insufficient Evidence To Suspend K Brandon McManus

The NFL concluded its investigation of former Jaguars K Brandon McManus with the finding that there was insufficient evidence of a violation of the personal conduct policy, per Adam Schefter.

The league will not discipline McManus and he could now sign on with a team relatively quickly, as there are several with kicking problems so far in 2024. 

The veteran was sued in civil court by two women who were flight attendants on Jaguars charter flights. In the lawsuit, the two women said McManus was grinding his body up against them without their consent and that he turned the flight to London on September 28, 2023, into a party and was passing out $100 bills for flight attendants to dance provocatively. 

The case was recently dismissed by a judge who found it did not meet the exceptions for the two women to remain anonymous. 

McManus, 32, originally signed on with the Colts back in 2013. He lasted just a few months with the Colts before he caught on with the Giants at the end of the 2014 season.

New York later traded McManus to the Broncos for a 2015 conditional seventh-round pick. McManus returned to the Broncos in 2017 on a one-year, restricted tender worth $2.746 million and later agreed to a three-year, $11.254 million extension. 

McManus agreed to another four-year, $17.2 million extension with the Broncos in 2020. He had two years remaining on the deal and was due base salaries of $3.65 million and $3.85 million when the Broncos released him. 

From there, McManus signed a one-year deal with the Jaguars last year. Jacksonville declined to re-sign him and he signed a one-year deal with the Washington Commanders. 

However, Washington released him before he ever played a game due to a lawsuit for sexual harassment. 

In 2023, McManus appeared in all 17 games for the Jaguars and converted 30 of 37 field goal attempts (81.1 percent) to go along with 35 of 35 extra point tries (100 percent).