The No. 17 overall pick said he won’t practice until he signs his contract but has been present for each practice. A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Enquirer that the reason for Stewart’s absence on the final day of minicamp was to not be a distraction to his teammates.

Shemar Stewart has a chance, maybe, to do something no football player has done before.There's a path, albeit an unlikely one, for the holding out Stewart to return and play college football at Texas A&M this fall.

CINCINNATI — NBC Sports Mike Florio laid out this week that Shemar Stewart doesn't have many good options to keep fighting the Bengals on his contract bonus/default language once the season gets closer and closer.