Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, suspended indefinitely earlier this year for domestic violence, has won his appeal and can return to the NFL.

Rice, who was cut by the Ravens is a free agent, and eligible to play if another team signs him.

He was kicked out of the NFL indefinitely in September after the emergence of video showing him punching his now-wife Janay Palmer unconscious in a casino elevator in February.

Rice was initially suspended for two games when a first video of the incident surfaced.

But a second video, showing him punching Palmer in the head, sparked a nationwide furore and prompted the Ravens to sack Rice and the NFL to ban him indefinitely.