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Jaguars WR Calvin Ridley Reinstated Following Year-Long Suspension

Following a year-long suspension for gambling on NFL games that did not involve the his former team in the Atlanta Falcons, current Jacksonville Jaguars’ wide receiver Calvin Ridley was reinstated Monday by the league.

Ridley previously violated the league’s gambling policy, leading to the automatic one-year suspension while he was a member of the Atlanta Falcons.

NFL reinstated Jaguars WR Calvin Ridley.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 6, 2023

The former first-round pick by the Falcons out of Alabama was suspended for at least the 2022 season on March 7 last year after an investigation found that he bet on NFL games over a five-day stretch in November 2021 while he was away from the Atlanta Falcons due to mental health issues.