Back from the dead: Cowboys' Aldon Smith reinstated by NFL
Dallas Cowboys defensive end Aldon Smith has been granted conditional reinstatement by the NFL from an indefinite suspension for violation of the league's personal conduct and substance abuse policies, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
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Smith, 30, has not played in an NFL game since he was suspended as a member of the Raiders in 2015 because of legal and substance abuse issues. Now that he has been reinstated, he will receive $90,000 from the Cowboys as part of the one-year deal he signed in April that could be worth up to $4 million.
Smith had his first off-the-field incident in 2013, when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing his truck into a tree in a residential neighborhood in San Jose, California. In 2014, the NFL suspended him nine games for violating the league's personal conduct and substance abuse policies.
In August 2015, Smith was released by the Niners the day after he was arrested on hit-and-run, DUI and vandalism charges. He signed with the Raiders a month later but was suspended for a year for violating the league's substance abuse policy.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29200945/source-cowboys-aldon-smith-reinstated-nfl
Smith served an additional 12 days in jail on an illegal weapons charge (assault rifle).
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/aldon-smith-jail-sentence-update-time-dui-49ers-linebacker-training-camp-court-trial-charges-trouble-gun/15x89lu0r9atq1chaycs8t0x5y
