Browns: Josh Gordon will enter rehab facility

Josh Gordon was supposed to return to the Cleveland Browns after Week 4, when his NFL suspension was over. That plan is on hold now.

The team announced that Gordon, who has dealt with substance-abuse issues through his football career, will enter an in-patient rehab facility.

The announcement included a statement from Gordon, saying he needed to “step away from pursuing my return to the Browns and my football career.”

Gordon sent a vague tweet on Thursday evening about needing some time for himself.

Gordon has been suspended multiple times by the NFL, and had substance-abuse issues in college as well at Baylor and Utah. Gordon has played just five games since the end of the 2013 season because of NFL suspensions. He missed all of last season. The last time he played close to a full season was 2013, when he led the NFL with 1,646 yards.

Gordon was back in the news last week, when he was issued an arrest warrant for failing to respond to multiple subpoenas in a paternity case. That warrant didn’t affect the length of his NFL suspension.

Gordon is 25 years old. He has plenty of time to get his life, and maybe his football career, back on track. He appears to be taking the steps necessary to get that done.

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