GRAPEVINE - Randy Gregory will apply for reinstatement to the NFL by next week, according to a source, with hopes that the defensive end's ban from the league could be removed in time for the start of Cowboys' training camp in late July in Southern California.
Gregory, Dallas' second-round draft pick in 2015, was kicked out of the league for repeated violations of the league's substance abuse policy. He hasn't played since the Cowboys' final regular season game of the 2016 season.
But there is a growing, yet ever-so-cautious optimism among team officials that Gregory could return for the 2018 season.