Former San Francisco 49ers safety Tashaun Gipson was suspended by the NFL for six games last week due to a violation of the NFL’s performance enhancing substance policy, creating some additional uncertainty regarding his future.
Well, on Monday, Gipson cleared up some of the confusion, acknowledging in a public statement that he took a supplement, not knowing that it was not within the NFL’s policies.
“During this offseason I took a supplement one time, which I thought to be completely safe and well within any of the NFL’s policies,” Gipson said. “It was in no way related to performance, training, or gaining an advantage of any kind at any time.