Reports: NFL reinstates 5 players suspended for gambling
The NFL has reinstated five players who had been suspended indefinitely for violating the league’s gambling policy, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.
Current Washington Commanders edge rusher Shaka Toney, former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Rashod Berry and three former Detroit Lions — wide receiver Quintez Cephus, safety C.J. Moore and defensive lineman Demetrius Taylor — were reinstated.
Toney and four Lions players, including Moore and Cephus, were suspended last April. Lions wide receivers Jameson Williams and Stanley Berryhill were suspended for six games.
The Lions released Cephus and Moore when they were suspended.
The league suspended indefinitely Berry and Colts defensive back Isaiah Rodgers as well as free agent Taylor, who had been waived by the Lions about a month earlier. They were penalized for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season.
Rodgers, who remains suspended, later signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, who have his rights.
READ MORE: South Carolina’s Staley says Watkins remains suspended as her charges play out
(AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said nothing has changed with the status of suspended forward Ashlyn Watkins and she’s unsure when or if her player would be available for the season.
Watkins is a 6-foot-3 junior from Columbia who was arrested Aug. 31 and charged with first-degree assault and battery and kidnapping.
“Nothing’s moved yet,” Staley said Tuesday, a day after her team started fall practice. “We’re not going to move until her situation’s settled down a little bit. It’s out of her control. It’s out of our control.”
Watkins has been suspended from the team since the incident and was not part of the group that visited the White House two weeks ago.
Watkins averaged 9.2 points and 7.4 rebounds and led the Gamecocks with 91 blocks as the team finished 38-0 to win its third national championship and second in three seasons.
Watkins is expected to take over down low for last year’s leading scorer, 6-7 Kamilla Cardoso, who is now in the WNBA. Watkins is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 25, less than two weeks before the Gamecocks open the season on Nov. 4 against Michigan in Las Vegas.
Staley said Watkins was doing well despite not working out with the team.
“Yeah, she’s great.” the coach said.
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