The NFL suspended New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon for the first four games of the 2019 regular season Friday for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.
In January, Herndon pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after crashing into a 76-year-old-man's car in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, in June 2018. Herndon's blood-alcohol level of 0.14 was well over the legal limit.
Herndon is expected to be New York's starting tight end in 2019 after the Jets selected him in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL draft out of Miami.