CSN Bay Area · Dec 30, 2015
Reece: 'I have never ingested any banned substance whatsoever'
Raiders fullback Marcel Reece has spoken out regarding his four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance enhancing drugs, and this isn’t your standard plea of ignorance regarding illegal substances ingested by a profession athletes.
[NEWS: Raiders FB Marcel Reece suspended four games for PEDs]
Pro Football Talk obtained a statement on Tuesday afternoon, one reportedly written by the All-Pro fullback and longtime Raiders team captain, which details what caused his positive test. A plant root called Umcka was converted inside the body to a substance on the NFL’s list of illegal, performance-enhancing drugs.
