Top NFL Draft Prospects Admit To Marijuana Use

[Gorgolon Lives]

Three players widely regarded as top-10 picks in the upcoming NFL draft, including Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson, have admitted to previously using marijuana, Pro Football Weekly reports. <!-- INLINE TABLE (BEGIN) -->
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The draft status of Calvin Johnson, Amobi Okoye and Gaines Adams likely will not change despite their reported admissions of using marijuana, Len Pasquarelli writes. Column </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- INLINE TABLE (END) -->Johnson, Clemson defensive end Gaines Adams and Louisville defensive tackle Amobi Okoye admitted using the drug, according to multiple sources who have watched the interviews, the publication reported. The admissions were made during standard interviews at February's NFL scouting combine. The interviews are conducted with every player and shared by all 32 teams for review.
Johnson is being considered by the Oakland Raiders for the first overall pick in the draft.
<table align="right" cellspacing="12" width="127"><tbody><tr><td><form method="post?" action="http://poll.espn.go.com/cgi/sz/poll.dll"><input name="goto" value="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/news/story?id=2842833" type="hidden"><input name="domain" value=".go.com" type="hidden"><input name="questions" value="1" type="hidden"><input name="id" value="73084" type="hidden"><input name="service" value="SZ" type="hidden"><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="124"> <tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><center></center></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><input name="qid" value="44463" type="hidden"><input name="count_0" value="2" type="hidden"><input name="expected_0" value="1" type="hidden">Would an admission of previous marijuana use make you less interested in a draft prospect with no other known character issues?
<table border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="179053" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="179054" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">No</td></tr></tbody></table><center><input value="Submit Vote" type="submit"></center></td></tr> </tbody></table> </form></td></tr></tbody></table>While some teams could see marijuana use as troubling, others might view the players' admissions of prior use as a sign of maturity, particularly since players are encouraged to be honest in the interviews.
But the NFL's new player conduct policy, along with its hardline suspensions of the Cincinnati Bengals' Chris Henry for eight games and the Tennessee Titans' Adam "Pacman" Jones for an entire season, could cause teams to put even more emphasis on character, now that the league has made clear it will deal with off-the-field misbehavior harshly.
"[NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell] is going to be all over any team that drafts players with borderline character," an unidentified team official said, according to Pro Football Weekly. "You are not going to see a draft like, for instance, Cincinnati's [in 2006], where they took four criminals in one draft, because the owners are going to start getting fined."

 

[bluemyboy]

3 of how many? I would be suprised if the MAJORITY of college athletes had never done recreational drugs of any kind.....

another thing that should be legalized.....

 

[bluemyboy]

speaking of which, time to go light a bowl to these guys for comming clean.....haha

 

[Gorgolon Lives]

Yea, they should be more concerned about these kids drinking than smoking. Going out for a night of drink leads to WAY MORE problems.

 

[brewer]

calvin johnsons stock should go up after this. he can smoke the herb and still run 4.nothing in borrowed shoes.

that might be the most amazing feat a human has ever accomplished.

 

[mogo]

Yea, they should be more concerned about these kids drinking than smoking. Going out for a night of drink leads to WAY MORE problems.

:smiley_acbe: :smiley_acbe:

 

[Joe Public]

Blue beat me to it. I'd say at this point in their lives that somewhere between 75% and 90% of these guys have tried weed.

As someone on the NFL Network said last night, for better or worse, teams pretty much accept it now and are more worried about the guys that lie to them than they are the ones who admit they've smoked before.

 

[brewer]

"fire up the hippie lettuce," jim rome.

 

[mogo]

"fire up the hippie lettuce," jim rome.

LOL! :fumeur7: :fumeur7:

 

[C-Gold]

Where are Brady Quinn and Paul Posluzsney on this list? Oh yeah, they had real majors and were playing football and earning DEGREES.

 

[frankiegotti]

C-Gold i agree with you the most.

I wonder what their agents were telling them. Go ahead and tell the teams that you have done illegal drugs. What a bonehead move, i understand that the players don't want to be labeled as a liar and a problem child but come on, there is no way these teams could find this little fact out if in fact they only tried it once.

 

[G-Man]

Where are Brady Quinn and Paul Posluzsney on this list? Oh yeah, they had real majors and were playing football and earning DEGREES.

Yeah just a couple of smart guys that didnt get on the list.