Top prospects admit to marijuana use

**R0cketer** · April 19th, 2007, 08:47 PM

Top NFL prospects Calvin Johnson, Gaines Adams and Amobi Okoye reportedly admitted to marijuana use during interviews with teams in February.

Pro Football Weekly, citing anonymous sources, reported the three players, all expected to go early in the April 28 draft, made the admissions at the NFL combine during routine interviews.

On Thursday, the University of Louisville publicly supported Okoye, who at 19 is the youngest player in this year's draft.

"Amobi spoke to an NFL team in confidence and a team leaked out the information which is truly unfortunate for Amobi," the school said in a statement. "Anyone Amobi has come in contact with during his time at the University of Louisville knows the character this young man has. The Cardinal football program stands behind him 100 percent."

Ian Greengross, Okoye's agent, did not return a message seeking comment.

Okoye is a defensive end, as is Adams, of Clemson. Johnson is a wide receiver from Georgia Tech. Both Adams and Johnson were first-team All-Americans last season. Okoye made the second team.

**Ironlung** · April 19th, 2007, 08:55 PM

Non story. They keep reporting that 3 of the top 10 picks used marijuana in college. The story should be that only 3 of the top 10 told the truth.

**Glory_Days** · April 19th, 2007, 09:05 PM

you are absolutely right

**UTVols2** · April 19th, 2007, 09:12 PM

I bet next year, 0 out of 10 says they smoked dope now that someone has leaked the info. I would venture to say that out of the 1st Round, maybe 1 has never smoked the lefty before, it would probably be more like 0.

**imported_MoonlightGraham** · April 19th, 2007, 10:31 PM

I'd be willing to bet atleast 90% of every NFL player drafted this year has "tried it".

Vanna White had a "confussion" in her autobiography several years ago where she had hit a low point by smoking and then eating "an entire plate of meatloaf".

**Ironlung** · April 19th, 2007, 10:43 PM

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then eating "an entire plate of meatloaf".

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What'd she eat after the appetizer?

**Mr.17.5** · April 19th, 2007, 11:06 PM

my weiner hahaha

**lcfg32** · April 19th, 2007, 11:13 PM

the ones who admitted to smoking aren't the ones that need to be worried about, it's the ones who don't. at least these guys had enough guts to tell the truth.

**imported_mega** · April 20th, 2007, 04:46 PM

They said that their character was raised by admitting this. It helped their credibility and secured their stock. The only thing is, some GMs think Gaines Adams is too laid back so they tend to worry a little bit.