DE Jordan sentenced to 10 ban matches for Adderall use

The defensive end of free agents, Dion Jordan, told NFL.com that he was under a NFL suspension of 10 games for taking Adderall, a policy violation. of the league against performance-enhancing drugs.

Jordan, who has been suspended three times in the past, including for an entire season, told NFL.com that he had already benefited from an exemption from therapeutic use as a result of the use of this drug, which had expired. His previous suspensions dealt with drug abuse violations (twice) and policies on developing countries.

He said on Tuesday that one referee had rejected his appeal of the 10-match suspension. Jordan did not dispute the results of his screening tests, but appealed to the harshness of the sentence.

"I made a mistake," Jordan told NFL.com during a phone interview. "I feel like the person I am, I am ready to go from the front, I have been ready to go ahead, with this specific problem." I worked very hard with myself outside of football, and I can see progress as a young man, like Dion Jordan, I can see him.

"All my lifestyle – it's been a 180 degree change." I'm ed up, dude, I can not fix that — it's what it is. But I know what I can not do and what not to do compared to the mistakes I've made in the past. "

He told NFL.com that he was aware that his exemption for therapeutic use had expired when he had taken Adderall in December and January, hoping that this would be the case. 39 would help to "connect" during the treatment of the death of his grandmother and his sister, who is him. is very close to and more like a girl, had serious personal problems in her life.

Jordan's agent, Doug Hendrickson, told NFL.com that teams of 8 to 10 have expressed interest in Jordan's signing. All teams are aware of his suspension.

Jordan, third overall in 2013, has become one of the biggest disappointments of the project in recent years, when his career never started on track. Miami Dolphins. He started only one of 26 games in his first two seasons by recording three sacks.

He signed a one-year contract with Seattle in 2017, but then underwent knee surgery and did not do his The Seahawks make their debut until November. He recorded four sacks in five games, but missed three more due to a neck injury. The Seahawks have again signed a one – year contract with Jordan as a restricted free agent. He spent the last season off at the PUP while recovering from what coach Pete Carroll described as a stress problem in his leg. Jordan also had a knee surgery on his other leg earlier in the offseason and had knee problems dating back to his time with the Dolphins, who placed him third overall in 2013 and he have given up in the last season with a failed designation.