Calvin Ridley has officially been reinstated by the NFL after serving a one-year suspension due to violating the league’s anti-gambling policy. Ridley was eligible to apply for reinstatement as of February 15th and he is now officially back in the league.
This is good news for the Falcons, as now the first of a handful of conditions have been met on the route to gaining maximum compensation in their trade of Ridley to the Jaguars this past November. Atlanta will now receive Jacksonville’s 5th-round pick in the 2023 draft thanks to Ridley’s reinstatement. That pick would have been a 6th-rounder had the receiver had been reinstated past a certain date or not at all.