Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Josh Gordon has been reinstated for the final two weeks of the 2020 season, the NFL announced.
Gordon will be allowed to begin COVID-19 testing on Friday and may join the Seahawks on Wednesday, Dec. 9 if he tests negative for the virus.
He will be permitted to take part in meetings and in individual workouts, plus strength and conditioning but will not be permitted to practice, travel with the team or attend games until Monday, Dec. 21, after the Seattle’s Week 15 game.
Gordon, who applied for reinstatement in mid-June, re-signed with the Seahawks on a one-year deal in September.
Gordon, 29, was suspended indefinitely in December for violations of the league’s policies on performance-enhancing substances and substances of abuse. It was Gordon’s sixth suspension since the 2013 season and his fifth for some form of substance abuse, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
He caught seven passes for 139 yards in five games last season with the Seahawks, who claimed the one-time Pro Bowler after he was released off injured reserve by the New England Patriots in November.
Gordon missed the 2015 and 2016 seasons as a member of the Cleveland Browns and was suspended in December 2018 for violating terms of his reinstatement, which led to his missing the final three games of the season with the Patriots.
He was suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season but still caught 87 passes for nine touchdowns and a league-leading 1,646 yards and was named to the All-Pro team.
Gordon has played just 63 games since he was chosen by the Browns in the 2012 supplemental draft. Overall, he has caught 247 passes for 4,252 yards — an average of 17.2 yards per catch — and 20 touchdowns.
ESPN’s Brady Henderson contributed to this report.
