Cowboys' Rolando McClain suspended 10 games for substance abuse violation

Rolando McClain may be out of chances, at least in the NFL.

The former first-round pick has been suspended again, this time for the first 10 games of the 2016 season, for violating the league’s policy on substance abuse.

McClain was suspended for the first four games last season for violating the same policy. When he returned, he started the Dallas Cowboys’ final 11 games, totaling two sacks, an interception he returned for a touchdown, and 80 tackles.

Dallas re-signed McClain to an incentive-laden deal earlier this year, with a base salary of $1.25 million, but one that had a $5 million max value and included a $750,000 signing bonus. Under the terms of the collective-bargaining agreement, McClain may have to repay the signing bonus.

The eighth overall pick in 2010 out of Alabama, McClain was released by the Oakland Raiders after the 2012 season; the team had deactivated him for its final five games that year. McClain has retired twice, in between spending a month with the Baltimore Ravens.

McClain isn’t the only defensive starter the Cowboys lost to suspension on Thursday: the team also announced that defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence’s appeal has been denied, and he will be out for the first four games of the season. Lawrence is also sitting because of violation of the substance abuse policy.