Tunsil has been traded twice now. That isn’t common with good left tackles.
Wasn’t there some predraft character questions about him? Was he the guy with the gas mask on, while smoking weed? He was easily Houston’s best Olineman. I wonder if the character concerns are a reality and they didn’t like his affect on the team.
Tunsil owns the most bizarre draft night slide in NFL history, as he fell from a potential top-five selection in 2016 to the No. 13 pick after a video surfaced of him smoking marijuana with a gas mask minutes before the start of the first round.
The video was actually posted on his hacked Twitter account, and it happened so close to the start of the draft that the uncertainty appeared to scare a few teams off. The
Ravens opted for tackle Ronnie Stanley at No. 6 overall, while the
Titans took tackle Jack Conklin at No. 8, removing two landing spots for Tunsil. Miami ended his fall at No. 13.
"I was panicking a little bit, and I'm just like 'Don't let my mom and my auntie see this,'" Tunsil later
told ESPN, explaining that he didn't have much time to react.
The gas mask video wasn't all that clouded Tunsil's stock, as he was involved in a domestic violence incident involving his stepfather while at Ole Miss and served an NCAA suspension for it. Still, he was considered a potential top-five pick entering a whirlwind of a draft night.
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He was getting his Michael Phelps on.
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