Recent cautionary tales have players, agents and teams on high alert -- even as early as high school.
Quarterback Josh Allen, right, had to apologize for racist Tweets that emerged before last year's draft. He was later selected seventh overall by the Buffalo Bills. By Roman Stubbs Roman Stubbs Reporter covering University of Maryland athletics and national college sports Email Bio Follow April 20 at 8:00 AM Before they could celebrate their new partnership two winters ago, Patrick Mahomes and agent Leigh Steinberg needed to have one final talk over dinner at a restaurant in Tyler, Tex.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes takes pictures before the men's basketball national championship game between Texas Tech and Virginia. In 2016, offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil was a projected top-five pick but fell to No. 13 after his Twitter account was hacked minutes before the draft and a picture was posted of Tunsil smoking out of a bong while wearing a gas mask.
The latter move not only underscores what is potentially at stake for a player of Bosa’s stature in one of America’s most liberal cities but also highlights the delicate balance between an outspoken player’s freedom of speech and the possible rift it could cause in an NFL locker room. NFL teams now routinely include a thorough review of social media during the pre-draft process and consider it a crucial part of a player’s background check — including devoting staffers to scanning the accounts while the players are freshmen and sophomores, before they’re even old enough to declare for the draft.
Major college programs are trying to get ahead of that curve, often bringing in social media consultants to address the issue. One of those consultants, Kevin DeShazo, has spoken to more than 200 college teams and often points to the case of Tunsil in the 2016 draft as a prime example of how it can affect a future.
The message got through to one of his top recruits, Isaiah Hazel, who will play at Maryland this fall. More than four years ago, Hazel said he erased six tweets from his childhood after Parrish talked to the team about the potential perils of social media and how it can affect recruiting.
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