Bengals' Thurman done for '07

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07/26/2007 - Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Odell Thurman, suspended for all of the 2006 season after violating the league's substance abuse policy and then being arrested for drunken driving, will not return to the field for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2007. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell denied Thurman's petition for reinstatement Thursday.

The Bengals middle linebacker will now have to wait until after this season to again apply for reinstatement.

Thurman, a second-round draft pick out of Georgia who led the team in tackles as a rookie in 2005, was hit with a four-game suspension to begin the 2006 season for the substance abuse violation, but his drunken driving arrest in September caused the league to extend the suspension for the full season.

The 24-year-old was accused of assaulting two men in Monticello, Georgia in February, but the men dropped their complaint, and the charges were never filed.

The Bengals are already without the services of wide receiver Chris Henry, who is suspended for the first eight games of the season for repeated violations of the league's conduct policy.

Thurman is one of the ten Bengals arrested in a 14-month span.

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