Giants’ Tate suspended four games for fertility drug use

New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate has been suspended for four games for using a drug prescribed for fertility planning.

The 10-year veteran, who signed with the Giants in March as a free agent, announced the suspension in a Twitter post Saturday. He said he plans to appeal the violation of the NFL’s policy on performance enhancers and that he would have no further comment.

The NFL has not announced the suspension and it had no comment, league spokesman Bian McCarthy said in an email Saturday to The Associated Press.

Giants coach Pat Shurmur declined comment, saying the team will see what happens. Tate can practice in training camp but will not be able to play in the first four regular-season games unless his suspension is overturned. That rarely happens.

The Giants’ receiving corps has been swamped by injuries in the first three days of training camp.

Sterling Shepard broke his left thumb in the opening practice on Thursday. It was disclosed the following day that wideout and kickoff returner Corey Coleman tore an ACL in the same workout.

Rookie Darius Slayton, the fifth-round draft choice, has missed the first two workouts with a hamstring injury. Brittan Golden sustained a groin injury late Friday. took a few more labored steps and angrily threw his mouth guard to the ground. He was carted off the field for more exams.

Green missed half of last season with a toe injury on the other foot.

FRANK FRANKLIN II — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The Giants’ Golden Tate reaches for a pass on Tuesday at the team’s training facility, in East Rutherford, N.J.