Sunday, February 27, 2011

Ryan Mallett on Drugs?

Drug Rumors Morph Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett Into The Next Ryan Leaf

At the Indiana scouting combines, the particular press asked American footbal aspirant Ryan Mallett about the actual "heavy rumors of drug use and also [if] possible addiction kept him through coming out for the 2010 draft." Those "heavy rumors" come an article by Tony Softli, an old NFL executive within Carolina and Saint. Louis, on ESPN's St. Louis affiliate's website.

Mallett politely declined to address those two and several other questions about the character issues dogging him as he prepares for April's draft, saying he'll tell teams "what they need to know and I'm going to leave it at that."

"I mean, obviously somebody did it for a reason," Mallett said. "Right before the combine, before the draft. But that's the last I'm going to talk about that."

He is a young man with a big smile, but struggled with questioning when grilled about the rumors surrounding past episodes with drugs. Frustrated by the barrage of questions, he cut the session short and walked off the stage. I received a call from a member of the Arkansas coaching staff, who said, "Ryan Mallett never failed a drug test at the University of Arkansas." You can see the youth and immaturity, but he can spin the ball.

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