Here’s The List Of NFL Stars Suspended For Drugs

July 3, 2015

The NFL brought early fireworks on Thursday, July 2 when it announced four fresh suspensions, three for substance abuse and one mega-star for PEDs.

Without getting into semantics regarding how a baseball player being caught with PEDs would nearly be blackballed by the media, here’s the list of guys that will have to sit out part of the upcoming NFL season.

Of course there’s the 12 other players currently serving suspensions as well.

Josh Helmuth is the editor of CraveOnline Sports.

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NFL Suspensions

Antonio Gates

Tight End - San Diego Chargers

Suspended 4 games for testing positive for PEDs (performance enhancing drugs).
Datone Jones

Defensive End - Green Bay Packers

Suspended 1 game for substance abuse.
Rolando McClain

Linebacker - Dallas Cowboys

Suspended 4 games for substance abuse.
Sheldon Richardson

Defensive Tackle - New York Jets

Suspended 4 games for substance abuse.

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