Houston Texans defensive lineman Denico Autry has been suspended six games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drugs policy.
“Over the course of my 10-year NFL career, I have never engaged in the use of performance-enhancing drugs … I was, therefore, stunned this offseason when I learned that one of my tests returned a positive result,” Autry said in a statement, via NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
“I immediately investigated the matter and discovered that a pharmacy to which my doctors submitted a prescription for a different medication, had, whether intentionally, recklessly, or negligently, included a banned substance. I want to be clear, at no time did I know or even suspect that this medication contained a banned substance.”