Suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon will apply for reinstatement into the NFL on Wednesday, his business manager Michael Johnson told ESPN.
Gordon has missed 43 of the past 48 games because of recurring violations of the league's substance-abuse policy. He hasn’t appeared in a regular-season game since Dec. 21, 2014, and it's unknown whether Commissioner Roger Goodell will reinstate him.
He was on the brink of returning from a four-game suspension to play for the Browns Oct. 9 against the New England Patriots when he announced Sept. 29 he would instead step away from his comeback attempt to enter inpatient rehabilitation.