2014 Men’s Basketball
Championship
Green
NCSU
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State Wolfpack linebacker D.J. Green says the NCAA has suspended him for the season after he tested positive for using a banned substance that he did not identify.
Green apologized in a statement. He says he was trying to gain weight during the offseason and took a supplement given to him by someone from his hometown in Macon, Ga.
He says he “wasn’t responsible enough to check with our coaches to make sure that it was something legal and now I’m paying the consequences.”
The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Green had 28 tackles, one sack and one interception in seven games last season with the Wolfpack. He missed the final five games with an unspecified foot injury.
The suspension means NC State will have to replace all three linebackers from last year. Middle linebacker Audie Cole graduated and outside linebacker Terrell Manning entered the NFL draft early.
Green, a sophomore, will be allowed to practice with the team but cannot play in games.
Advertisement
- Kiffin eager to put past problems to rest
- Frazier, Wuerffel to meet again in Hall of Fame
- Spring is crucial for new Pac-12 coaches
- Manziel taking smart approach to doing things he likes
- Michigan's Hoke says Irish 'chickening out'
- Auburn confident it can make athletic fixes
- Fulmer helping restart program at ETSU
- FCS Championship Inside Access Part 1
- North Dakota State earns second FCS title
- Advantageous Bison ground out victory
- Kennesaw State names Bohannon first head coach
- Ejections for hits on defenseless players?
The countdown to the college football season is on... happy? #CFB
1 day ago
