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Raiders’ Aldon Smith applies for reinstatement

Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith has applied for reinstatement to the NFL, team general manager Reggie McKenzie told the Chronicle.

Smith’s one-year suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy ends Nov. 17. Smith is out of rehab, league sources said, and McKenzie said that Smith is working hard to return to the team, pending a meeting with commissioner Roger Goodell.

‘Aldon is doing well,” McKenzie said late Wednesday night. “That situation is going to be totally up to the league because he’s been in the program and they’ve monitored him. It’s up to Goodell to say yah, nay or when.