Percy and the draft

[MahxFahn]

Rumors about drugs, poor tests or attitudes, even if false, can cause a player's NFL Draft stock to take a big hit

Louis Oliver knows just how Percy Harvin feels this month.
Like Harvin, Oliver was a star at the University of Florida and was the subject of rumors about a failed drug test in 1989 that sent his draft stock plummeting. Oliver, expected to be a top-10 pick, wound up going at No. 25 to the Dolphins.
"I didn't drink, I didn't smoke, I didn't do anything. I was like, 'You've got to be kidding,' " said Oliver, a safety from Glades Central High School. "But it's out of your control. There's nothing you can really do about it."

Twenty years later, the rumors are swirling around another Gators' star and there's nothing Harvin can do about it.
First there was the reported score of 12 out of 50 on Harvin's Wonderlic test in February, which measures quick thinking and basic problem solving. Then NFLDraftBible.com reported 10 days ago that Harvin and three other players tested positive for marijuana at February's NFL Combine in Indianapolis, though no other outlet has confirmed the report.

A LOOK AT OTHERS HURT BY RUMORS
Rumors of failed drug tests and low Wonderlic scores are circulating about Florida Gators star Percy Harvin, but how will it affect his stock in this month's NFL Draft? If history is any indication, he may slip a few spots, perhaps even out of the first round:

Dan Marino: Fell to the Dolphins with the 27th pick in the 1983 draft because of rumors of cocaine use and a score of 16 on the Wonderlic test. The rest is history.
Louis Oliver: The former Gators saftey was projected as a top-10 pick in 1989, but fell to the Dolphins at 25 after a report of a failed drug test surfaced on the day of the draft.
Warren Sapp: Talented but troubled defensive tackle from Miami denied marijuana use to the bitter end, but it didn't stop the potential No. 1 overall pick from falling to Tampa Bay at No. 12.
Randy Moss: Between rumors of marijuana use and getting kicked off of Florida State's team, no general manager was willing to choose him in the first 20 picks of the 1998 draft. The Minnesota Vikings gladly snagged him at 21, and Moss made the Pro Bowl as a rookie.
Charles Rogers: His drug test at the 2003 combine came back with too much water, code words for Rogers using a masking agent to pass the test. The Detroit Lions still took him No. 2 overall, but Rogers failed at least three league-administered drug tests and has not played in the NFL since 2005.

ORIGIN........

 

[Mr2Bits]

I've even heard Percy could be dropping into the second round now... I just don't see it happening. Teams will jump all over him in the late teens to early twenties. All these reports coming out right now are just smoke screens from the NFL teams in the lower half the the 1st round who want Percy to fall.