Outside linebacker Aldon Smith signed a two-year, $11 million deal with the Oakland Raiders.
Smith is suspended until mid-November and is not eligible to apply for reinstatement until the second week of the 2016 regular season. At that point, the NFL will weigh the merit of allowing Smith back on the field.
The contract is loaded with incentives. The 26-year-old can make an additional $8.5 million over the course of the deal.
Smith spent the 2015 season with Oakland after being released by San Francisco and compiled 28 tackles and 3.5 sacks in nine games.
In September, he pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run, drunken driving and vandalism, charges that stemmed from an incident on Aug. 6.
He was suspended for a year on Nov. 17.
Smith will be eligible to apply for reinstatement 60 days before the one-year anniversary of the suspension.
Smith spent his first four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers where he recorded 43 sacks in 42 games.
While with the 49ers, Smith had multiple run-ins with law enforcement and was arrested four times. San Francisco finally released last year after his DUI and hit-and-run arrest in August.