Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing said Thursday he never used any banned substances even though he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

Cushing was suspended for four games without pay last week for violating the NFL’s drug policy. His appeal was denied.

Cushing confirmed he tested positive for HCG, a fertility drug that is on the league’s banned substance list.

“The question of how it got into my body is still unclear,” he said. “It’s something that I’m very personally concerned about, just the fact that how it’s there and what’s going to determine it from happening again, and that’s something we’re going to have to medically investigate.”

He said that after failing the test, he was told HCG can get in your body from injecting it or because of tumors. He said this information led him to believe he had tumors. He did not say what kind of tumors.

“I personally know I’m not injecting myself with anything,” he said. “I played the whole season thinking this could not only be my last season, but my last year.”

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Rookie linebacker Brian Cushing was held out of practice Thursday with a sore foot, although an MRI and an X-ray showed nothing amiss.

Cushing had taken all his normal reps a day earlier and called the problem, which surfaced during practice last week, “a Wednesday injury,” pronouncing it nothing worry about regarding his readiness to play against Cincinnati Sunday.

“It’s just a little sore,” Cushing said. “I’ve got to be smart about what I’m doing. I think the best thing for the next couple days is just getting a little rest and I’ll be fine. Nothing showed up on (the MRI) which is really good, just a little inflammation there. So I knew it was nothing serious. X-rays were negative too, so we’ve just got to move forward and be smart with it.


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