Aldon Smith hosted an Instagram Live this weekend and made an announcement.

According to Raiders Beat and several other Twitter users who tuned in for his broadcast, the Oakland Raiders linebacker told his viewers that he will be reinstated by the NFL soon. See a screenshot of Smith's live broadcast in the embedded tweet below, courtesy of Oakland Raiders Fans on Twitter.

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Smith has been banished by the NFL since November of 2015 due to multiple violations of the league's substance-abuse policy. He became eligible for reinstatement last November and was expected to be reinstated in March, but multiple off-the-field incidents have apparently delayed the NFL's decision.

Last summer, Smith was linked to a Periscope video that appeared to show him smoking marijuana. In February, he was reportedly involved in a "domestic incident" that required police attention. A month later, he was detained for public intoxication after his girlfriend crashed his car into an unmarked police cruiser and injured two officers — right outside the San Francisco police headquarters.

Smith was not arrested after any of these events, but each incident hurt his chances of being reinstated. The NFL decided to reinstate Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant and Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington on the same day last year, but Smith was not granted his reinstatement.

Until Smith proves he can stay out of trouble for an extended period of time, his chances at making a comeback to the Raiders remain extremely slim.

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