 Cushing is the second Texan to win the award, the first being DeMeco Ryans in 2006.On May 7, 2010, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that Cushing would be suspended for the first four games of the 2010 season for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing substances policy, after he tested positive in September 2009 for having above-normal levels of the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone in his system.Cushing had previously denied rumors of having used performance-enhancing substances prior to being drafted.