INDIANAPOLIS — Colts nose tackle Grover Stewart, one of the NFL's top run-stoppers, has been suspended without pay for six games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
Stewart will be eligible to return to the Colts' roster in Week 14 for a road game against the Bengals. The nature of Stewart's violation remains unclear, but he acknowledged the violation in a social media post. «I want to apologize to the National Football League, the Colts organization, my teammates, our fans and my family,» he wrote on his Instagram Story. «I was surprised and disappointed to learn I had violated the policy.
I respect the integrity of the game and would never purposefully put myself or the team in this kind of situation. I am responsible for what I put in my body, and I should have taken the proper steps to educate myself.
I will learn from this moving forward, and I will take the appropriate measures to ensure this never happens again. Stewart is in the final year of a three-year, $30.75 million extension he signed with the Colts in November 2020.