Titans cornerback Nazeeh Johnson, who has been suspended for the first six games of the season for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances, says his violation came from his and his wife’s efforts to conceive a child.

Johnson released a statement saying that he took a fertility medication without knowing that it was on the league’s list of banned substances.

“My wife and I were trying to conceive a child,” Johnson wrote. “We found out that I was infertile, and I took a fertility medication that was helping me try to conceive a baby. I was not aware that there was a substance in the medication that was on the banned list…

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