Beaver Local grad Wolfe suspended four games by NFL

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — His scary spinal injury behind him along with the ill-fitting 4-3 defense, Beaver Local High graduate Derek Wolfe couldn’t wait for the 2015 season to get here.

He won’t be on the field now when it does.

The NFL informed the Denver Broncos on Friday that Wolfe would be suspended for the first month of the season for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.

In a statement, the fourth-year pro offered his “most sincere apology” to the organization, his teammates and fans and insisted he took medicine this offseason that he didn’t realize was banned.

“The medication is not a substance which would enhance my on field performance in any way and I genuinely was unaware that it was prohibited, but players are responsible for what is in their bodies,” Wolfe said in a statement. “I will certainly exercise far greater caution in the future and will seek advice relating to the permissibility of any and all medications.”

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