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The NFL Draft will never see a story this crazy. It’s the ten year anniversary of Laremy Tunsil’s shocking video that was released moments before the biggest night of his life. What unfolded was the result of a blackmailing by his own step father that resulted in millions of dollars lost on Draft Night.
If that was rock bottom though, his career & growth has been ascendant since then. He’s become a pro bowl lineman & one of the highest paid in NFL history proving Draft Night is only the beginning for many players. #NFLDraft
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A large man is ripping a gas mask bomb. A confederate flag hangs behind him, and any minute no, he'll be the number one pick in the NFL draft, or so we thought. Welcome to the most insane NFL draft story of all time. I'll never forget it because I was there. Let me introduce you to the most shocking fall and amazing rise of Laremy Tunstall. Stick around because the story gets great. Laremy Tunstall was a star tackle during the 2015 and 2016 season. During the pre NIL era, there was a lot of questionable activity happening at Ole Miss during this tier frame. At one point, Laramie and his stepfather got into a altercation. It was later discovered that his stepfather was wanting him to sign with certain agents ahead of the NFL rank, and Tunzel was trying to go elsewhere. So his stepfather was willing to report him to the NCAA, expose bribes that he was allegedly taking at the time. And on the night of the NFL draft, just moments before the first pick was set to be announced, this video was posted to Laramie Tunzel's own Twitter account. NFL rank tier started panicking. Nobody knew what was going on. And he slid in the draft well past where he was supposed to be taken no top 10 at 13. He lost about $8,000,000 that night. And for the average NFL career of two point eight years, that is massive money. But Tunzel took accountability and started to work towards bettering himself on the field in his pro career. He became a multiple time pro bowler with the Miami Dolphins and later signed with the Houston Texans, becoming the highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history. And just last season, he signed with the Commanders and got a massive two year $60,200,000 deal with the highest signing bonus for an offensive lineman in history at $32,000,000. On the ten year anniversary, tonight's NFL rank will definitely have some tier lines, but absolutely none of them will feature.
