DRAFT DAY BONG GAS MASK FREE
The NCAA said Tunsil was not initially honest but that five rules violations were confirmed: Tunsil improperly used three loaner cars without paying during a six-month period received two nights’ lodging at a local home accepted a free airline ticket used a rental car for one day for free, and received an interest-free four-month loan to make a $3,000 down payment on a used car.
“People are trying to assassinate my friend’s character but it’s going to seem pretty stupid in the end.”Īs a result of the NCAA investigation of Tunsil, he was suspended for the first seven games of his junior and final season. “You don’t play at Ole Miss to get a cool car there’s not even a mall nearby - it’s not flashy like USC or Miami, it’s a family atmosphere,” Cooper said. Quarterback Jameis Winston, accused of rape and theft during his years at Florida State, was drafted No. An apparent reference to Farrar was made in the year-old text messages on draft night when Tunsil asked the Ole Miss administrator for money, he responds, “See Barney next week.” Farrar has denied giving money to or being asked for money by Tunsil, Ole Miss is investigating and Farese predicts it will turn out to be “much ado about nothing.”Ĭooper said he never noticed money changing hands at Mississippi, and he doesn’t understand teams’ reluctance to draft Tunsil. He said Polingo used to receive Western Union deliveries of money from Barney Farrar, Ole Miss assistant athletic director for high school and junior college relations. Miller claims Tunsil’s academic records were altered. Miller met with an NCAA investigator in July and told him about other possible improprieties he had witnessed dating back to Tunsil’s high school recruitment, when Tunsil turned down Nick Saban at Alabama and Mark Richt at Georgia to sign with Hugh Freeze at Mississippi. Domestic violence charges against both were later dropped. Miller said he was thrown to the floor and pummeled by Tunsil, who had to be pulled off him. Tunsil told police Miller pushed his mother as the argument escalated and he retaliated. The 30-second clip showed him wearing a black gas mask and inhaling a substance that appeared to be marijuana through a bong as smoke filled the screen and laughter is heard in the background. Just before the draft began, a video from Tunsil’s Twitter account went viral. Still, Tunsil, a University of Mississippi junior, was sure to be among the top handful of selections on the night he had been dreaming of since he was a kid in Lake City. 1 pick until a couple teams traded up to choose quarterbacks. Draftniks who analyze the NFL’s annual commodities auction projected him as the No. But his run-blocking and quarterback-protecting talent was irresistible. He had become the most coveted athlete in the NFL Draft.Ī left tackle, Tunsil did not play a glamour position. A humble, hard-working young man from a small town in rural Florida made football coaches’ jaws drop with the agility springing from his 6-foot, 5-inch, 310-pound body. Laremy Tunsil was to be the star of a perfect script. Mississippi’s Laremy Tunsil poses for photos with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected by the Miami Dolphins as the 13th pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL football draft, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Chicago.
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