BEREA, Ohio — Kareem Hunt ran back to the Browns sooner than expected.

The suspended star returned to the team and practiced Monday after serving only six games of an eight-game NFL suspension for two violent off-field altercations that threatened to end his playing career.

Hunt has been observed since August by the league, which had banned him from the Browns’ facility for the past two-plus months.

“We have been monitoring his progress during the suspension,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email to