Although his future compensation is based on performance, Tunsil stands to lose millions more if the Dolphins choose not to exercise their option to employ him for the 5th year on his contract. Instead, he wound up being picked 13th by the Miami Dolphins and now is expected to get a deal worth $12.4 million. Tunsil, an offensive lineman from the University of Mississippi, had been expected to be drafted 6th by the Baltimore Ravens and would have received a $20.4 million contract, according to Spotrac. He said his Twitter account was hacked and that he "made that mistake several years ago." Laremy Tunsil initially wouldn't say he was the person in the video, but eventually confirmed it was him.
The video, mysteriously posted on his Twitter account minutes before the first round of the televised draft started, depicted a person smoking from a gas mask equipped with a bong.
By minting one of the lowest moments of his career, he’ll have the opportunity to help others who had their plans waylaid by marijuana-related penalties.Amazon founder $6 billion richer, and other MoneyWatch headlines 01:05įootball player Laremy Tunsil took a salary hit of at least $8 million after a bizarre video of him apparently smoking marijuana surfaced ahead of the NFL draft Thursday. Tunsil overcame his draft day tumble to become the league’s highest-paid offensive lineman in 2020 by signing a three-year, $66 million contract extension with the Houston Texans. The threshold for a positive in-season weed test was also raised from 35 nanograms per milliliter of urine to 150 in that 2021 rulebook change. The NFL no longer tests for marijuana between April and August. The league has softened its stance on the drug considerably in recent years as more and more states - 19 including the District of Columbia - have legalized its recreational use. The Last Prisoner Project describes itself as an organization “dedicated to repairing the harms of the criminalization of cannabis through intervention, advocacy, and awareness.” It’s a worthy cause for Tunsil, who saw his draft stock tanked in part due to how NFL teams viewed marijuana use in 2016. A portion of the proceeds will benefit which supports those incarcerated for cannabis offenses. I'm minting a 1 of 1 NFT of the infamous gas mask video to be listed. I'm officially moving on and putting this moment in the past. Wednesday, one day before the 2022 NFL Draft, he announced he’ll mint the moment as a one-of-one NFT and donate a portion of its sale price to the nonprofit Last Prisoner Project. Six years later, Tunsil will use that leaked video to make money instead. It was a chain of events that cost him millions of dollars thanks to the way the league ties rookie contract value to draft position. The video, posted on Tunsil’s own Twitter account, caused the Ole Miss left tackle to slide from a possible spot as the top overall pick all the way to 13th. A video of top NFL prospect Laremy Tunsil allegedly smoking marijuana from a gas mask bong was posted, and then immediately removed, several minutes before the start of the NFL Draft. Moments before the 2016 NFL Draft, video circulated online that showed prospect Laremy Tunsil wearing a gas mask and smoking an unidentified substance from a bong.
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