Suspended Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant has been training five days a week and will serve as a volunteer assistant football coach at a high school in Nevada this fall, ESPN reported Thursday.
"[Bryant] is as focused as I’ve seen him in a while,” his agent, Thomas Santanello, told ESPN. “He’s keeping very busy. He enjoys working with kids.”
Bryant, who’s suspended for at least a year, is back in the news this week because the Steelers are reporting to camp without him and because Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who was serving a similar suspension for violations of the NFL’s substance abuse policy, was recently reinstated.
Santanello said Bryant has stayed clean and complied with terms of the NFL’s drug program.
Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said last spring that Bryant needs to “find himself” and understand he’s on the verge of losing “the privilege” of playing in the NFL.
Bryant, 24, has 14 receiving touchdowns in 21 career games. He was also suspended to start the 2015 season, and he can apply for reinstatement after the 2016 season.
