A Twitter account that posed as former NFL running back Jerome Harrison over the weekend has proven to be a fake.
Harrison, in a brief conversation with ESPN on Thursday afternoon, confirmed the account @jharrison_35, which had posted messages from Harrison about his recovery from a brain tumor discovered during the 2011 NFL season, was not him. He is not believed to be on social media.
The 35-year-old said he is working on getting things together "and I'm enjoying doing that in privacy. That is all I was calling to say."
He would not answer any questions about his recovery, about being impersonated or what he has been up to since 2012, but that "when I get to that point, I will call you.