Potts Suspended for Season for Third Drug Violation

Indianapolis Colt fullback Roosevelt Potts, suspended by for four games last month, will miss the entire regular season because he violated the NFL policy on substance abuse three times, the league announced.

Potts, an unsigned restricted free agent, is recovering from reconstructive knee surgery and had been offered a one-year contract for $361,000 before the four-game suspension that gives the team exclusive rights to him.

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