The New York Jets claimed defensive tackle Mike Pennel off waivers from the Green Bay Packers, a source told ESPN's Field Yates.
The Packers released him last month following a season in which he was suspended twice.
Pennel ended last season the same way he started it -- by serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
The third-year pro filed a lawsuit in an Ohio federal court in November, alleging that the NFL and the NFL Players Association failed to satisfy the rules of the collective bargaining agreement when it came to hearing the appeal of his second suspension.