Player Goes from Career ‘High’ to 13th Pick

Busted using a bong — and he still gets drafted.

Most NFL teams quickly stepped away from even considering Laremy Tunsil as one of their top 2016 draft picks Thursday night. Not the Miami Dolphins. A video that appeared on Tunsil’s Twitter account, showing him smoking a bong and wearing a gas mask to get the maximum effect, didn’t faze the team.

The offensive lineman was their 13th pick in the first round.

Tunsil’s agent told the NFL network last night that the player’s account was hacked. The tweet was quickly taken down and Tunsil deleted his account. But Tunsil admitted it was him, telling Deion Sanders of the NFL Network that it was a mistake, it happened years ago — and he’s going to “work his butt off” for Miami.

“I do not have a drug problem. You can take all of my college tests, man,” Tunsil told reporters after the draft. “I never failed one.”

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Dr. Kevin Sabet, an assistant professor of psychiatry at University of Florida and former senior adviser to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Obama, told LifeZette that what is happening to Tunsil is an important lesson for kids in high school and college.

“You may think your marijuana use is never going to affect you, but it could actually cost you millions of dollars. Whether or not marijuana is legalized, no workplace wants a pot user as an employee,” Sabet said.

Shortly after the draft, Tunsil’s Instagram account was hacked as well. Two images were posted that appear to be screen shots of a conversation between Tunsil and an assistant athletic director, talking about Tunsil’s need for money so that his mother’s electric bill could be paid, Yahoo.com reports.

Tunsil later seemed to admit he took money from a coach at Ole Miss, before being interrupted and ushered off the stage.