Aldon Smith has applied for reinstatement to the NFL, Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie says.

Smith's one-year suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy ends Nov. 17. He is out of rehab, according to sources, and McKenzie said that Smith is working hard to return to the Raiders pending a meeting with Roger Goodell.

"Aldon is doing well," McKenzie said. "That situation is going to be totally up to the league because he's been in the program and they've monitored him. It's up to Goodell to say, 'Yea, nay or when.' And he could say no to everything. ... That part is out of our hands.