Just days after it was announced that Alabama LB Rueben Foster had failed his drug test at this year’s NFL scouting combine, an even bigger star has failed his.
It appears Jabrill Peppers could be knocked by perspective NFL teams for more than just what position he’ll play, having given a diluted sample during his test.
Via ProFootballTalk –
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Michigan hybrid safety tested positive for a dilute sample at the Scouting Combine.
“Peppers went to the combine, the statement read. “He was sick after flying there from San Diego. He has a history of cramping. Peppers was being pumped with fluids, drinking 8-10 bottles of water before he went to bed, because he was the first guy to work out two days for the LBs and DBs. He had to go through that first day, come back on second day, and that was the fear. So Peppers was pounding water and under the weather. He never failed a drug test in his life, nor tested positive before for any substance.”
While that’s very possibly true, it’s also irrelevant in the context of the NFL’s testing program, which treats dilute samples as failed tests.
To what degree it impacts his draft stock remains to be seen.
