Any NFL or any sports athletes have been taught the "no to drugs" policy for a thousand times but some players like Williams still can't crack it to his head. For the second time this season, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Karlos Williams has been putting wool over other people's eyes. And the court finally decided to smack Williams again with another suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.
Quad City Times reported that Pittsburgh Steelers running back Williams had his first suspension with four game suspension in 2016. It happened when the former fifth-rounder was still a member of the Bills back in July. Pittsburgh Steelers running back Williams was released by the Bills in August, and he was signed to the Steelers' practice squad in October.
#Steelers RB Karlos Williams is being suspended for the team’s next 10 games for violating the NFL Policy & Program for Substances of Abuse
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 23, 2016
According to ESPN Sports News, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Williams will be suspended 10 games for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy. And it was the Pittsburgh Steelers third player this year that had been suspended for a drug violation.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Williams looked like an NFL future star after a successful rookie season with the Buffalo Bills in 2015. Williams had 517 yards and 7 touchdowns on 93 carries in 11 games while serving as the primary backup to LeSean McCoy.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Williams also tied an NFL record by scoring a touchdown in each of his first six games played in the league. His record tied with New England Patriots running back Robert Edwards also scored touchdowns in his first six games as a rookie in 1998.
But this year, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Williams' professional career seems hanging on by fingernails and a total disaster when he showed up overweight after from the training camp. Many spectators believed that there is still talent in Williams, especially at such a young age of 23, but Williams' off-field problems continue to pull him down. Pittsburgh Steelers running back Williams continued leaving his future as an NFL player bubbling up in the clouds.
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