Joe DeFranco, the personal trainer of Houston Texans’ linebacker Brian Cushing, posted a podcast on Thursday and admitted that his client did in fact take a substance that is banned by the NFL, according to Patrick Starr of State of the Texans.
Starr says that DeFranco claims that Cushing wasn’t feeling like himself back in July, so he went to see a doctor since he was concerned that he may have mono.
After getting some blood work done, the doctor told Cushing that he’s lacking DHEA, which is a hormone that is produced by the body’s adrenal glands.