Irving Fryar of the New England Patriots,...

Irving Fryar of the New England Patriots, a former Nebraska football player, denied a published report that he shared cocaine with Doug DuBose, a troubled former Cornhusker star running back.

“I used marijuana through college,” Fryar told the Omaha World-Herald, “but I didn’t use cocaine until after my senior year in college, right before I got into the pros.”

The Hartford Courant, which published a four-part series about DuBose last week, has said it stands by its stories, which alleged that DuBose was introduced to drugs by Fryar and running back Mike Rozier.

Fryar, a wide receiver for the New England Patriots, told the World-Herald: “Let’s get this straight, OK? You can print this. I go around and speak to schools now. As everyone knows, I’ve been involved with drugs before, not to the extent that I was addicted.”