Cowboys’ DE Randy Gregory to Apply for Reinstatement

Randy Gregory
Randy Gregory. Photo by Chris Szagola/CSM/REX/Shutterstock

According to the Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones, defensive end Randy Gregory is preparing to apply for reinstatement to the NFL. Gregory was suspended by the league for at least one year in January 2017 after he failed on multiple drug tests and skipped few of them. The 25-year-old will make his case to NFL, with Jerry Jones being hopeful about Gregory’s return to the field in 2018 season.

I’m not confident but I do see where his heart is,” – said Jones. “He’s one of the smartest people that have played this game. By documentation he is. So he’s smart. That’s a tremendous step. Of course, he’s had that same IQ since he’s had these issues. That’s the issues. This is definitely a medical issue. There’s no doubt in my mind (it’s) medical. That’s another campaign right there.

Randy Gregory played college football at Nebraska and made First-team All-Big Ten two consecutive years before declaring for 2015 NFL Draft. Although projected as a high first-round pick upon entering the draft, his stocks were severely hurt by the fact that he failed a drug test on marijuana at NFL Scouting Combine. He was selected late in the second round when Dallas Cowboys took him with the 60th overall pick.

After a disappointing 2015 season, in which he missed four games and failed to find his true form, Gregory was suspended for four games in 2016 for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He then failed another test and was handed an additional 10 games suspension while being removed from the team’s roster. He made his return in Week 16 of 2016 season and recorded his first NFL sack in Week 17 against the Philadelphia Eagles. After he missed a scheduled drug test, NFL suspended him for 2016 playoffs and at least for one season.

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