Free agent defensive lineman Amani Bledsoe has been suspended for 17 weeks for a repeated violation of the league’s performance-enhancing substance policy.
This is the second time Bledsoe has been suspended for PED. He was banned for six games in February of last year.
He was also suspended from college for a positive test in Oklahoma, where he claimed he accidentally took the substance as it was in a contaminated protein powder, according to Pro Football Talk.
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Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Amani Bledsoe, #93, during Cincinnati Bengals training camp on August 6, 2021 at the Cincinnati Bengals training facility in Cincinnati. (Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Bledsoe hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2021. He was a member of the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad last year.
The defensive lineman went undrafted in 2019, but did sign with the Tennessee Titans, with whom he was on the practice squad.
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Amani Bledsoe, #91, runs off the field after the game against the Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals on November 1, 2020 at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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The Titans waived Bledsoe in July 2020 and the Cincinnati Bengals selected him. He appeared in 14 games that season, starting four of them.
When he was cut by the Bengals in 2021, Tennessee got him back and played five games that season.
Amani Bledsoe, number 95 of the Tennessee Titans, sits on the bench during the second half of a preseason game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on August 29, 2019 in Chicago. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)
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In 19 career games, he has six starts under his belt with 18 total tackles.