Posted at 8:36 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2007
NFL: Packers' Robinson reinstated by league
Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The NFL reinstated suspended Green Bay Packers wide receiver Koren Robinson today, his agent said.
"He received notification today," Alvin Keels said in a telephone interview. "He was excited to be given another chance. He's just ready to get back and help the Packers win the Super Bowl."
Keels said Robinson has been working out in Arizona. He said he expects his client to fly to Green Bay tonight.
"He's in the best shape of his life," Keels said.
Messages left with the Packers were not immediately returned.
Today was the first day Robinson was eligible to return from his one-year suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. He had petitioned for reinstatement to commissioner Roger Goodell.
Robinson's suspension came in the wake of an incident in August 2006 while he was playing for the Minnesota Vikings. Police said Robinson led them on a car chase at speeds over 100 mph, and his blood-alcohol content was found to be 0.11 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08. The Vikings cut Robinson, and he signed a two-year deal with the Packers in September 2006.
But he played in only four games before he was suspended.
In February, Robinson was sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading down to a charge of fleeing police. Robinson also was sentenced to three months in jail for violating probation on a separate drunken-driving case in Kirkland, Wash., last year.
