Former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Josh Gordon officially submitted a letter on Wednesday to apply for reinstatement by the NFL, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
After four games with the Seahawks in 2019, Gordon was issued a six-game suspension after testing positive for a banned substance and a masking agent.
Free-agent WR Josh Gordon submitted his letter applying for reinstatement Wednesday, source said.
Still only 29, Gordon has been in Seattle, running routes and preparing for his return. The hope is to get his indefinite suspension lifted in time for training camp.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) June 18, 2020
Gordon has remained in Seattle since his suspension, and made his desire clear to play with the Seahawks once again in 2020.
The veteran wideout hauled in seven receptions for 139 yards in five games with Seattle last year, serving primarily as a possession receiver in third down situations.
The NFL did alter the CBA to no longer suspend players who test positive for marijuana, but they did not automatically reinstate anyone currently serving a suspension, and Gordon’s also involved performance enhancing drugs, which could complicate his reinstatement.
While Gordon would have to miss the first two games of the regular season, he would make an ideal No. 3 receiver for Russell Wilson and company, pushing former teammate Phillip Dorsett into the No. 4 role and giving Seattle one of the deeper wide receiver groups they’ve had in recent memory.
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