ReutersFormer LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu isn’t participating in the Senior Bowl this week but that isn’t stopping him from using the mass congregation of NFL personnel upon Mobile, Ala. as a chance to begin repairing his draft stock.
According to John Zenor of the Associated Press, Mathieu is hopeful to get a chance to speak with NFL teams while attending Senior Bowl practices this week. The “Honey Badger” was arrested last October along with three other former LSU football players after marijuana was found in Mathieu’s apartment. Mathieu knows he doesn’t have any more room for error off the field.
”I’m not really looking forward to people trusting me today or tomorrow,” Mathieu said. “Trust takes time, especially when you’ve done a lot of things for people not to be able to trust you. It may take two years. It may take five years, it may take until I’m 30 years old for people to start trusting Tyrann again. But the truth is, I’m doing the right things and just looking forward to being a football player.”
Mathieu declared himself eligible for the NFL Draft after being dismissed by LSU rather than transferring to another school. He’s been projected as a mid-round draft pick.
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Honey Badger is a ball player. . Might squeeze into first round, most likely go in the 2nd.
I would take him in the first only if he passed a drug test.
he’s not that good anyway…
He’ll be a steal for someone.
Hope the best for you bro. Keep working hard to show off your god given gift.
Please Messrs Schmidt and Mayhew, no offers for another player of questionable character.
He and Lardarius Webb will make one heck of a corner combo.
Good luck, Tyrann. I’m rooting for you.
Assumig the year off didn’t set his game back, he’ll be a 2nd-3rd gamble considering his “weed” problem.
Honey Badger don’t care how long it takes for people to trust him…
T.M. is going to work his butt off, & the team that takes a risk by drafting him in an earlier round is going to be rewarded for its effort.
Well I’ll give him credit for having a good attitude. He’s saying all the right things. If I were a gm I’d take a chance on the kid round 3 and later. He’s has a ridiculous amount of talent if he can ever put it all together!
He’s Dallas bound if he can keep his Wonderlic score to a single digit.
Speaking in third person should win him some fans.
I bet he gets drafted before Te’o.
“because i got high, because i got high, because i got high”
He will do well with Patrick Peterson out in the desert.
High risk, high reward guy. Would love to see this kid drop in the second round to the skins. Worth a chance, and at this point we are desperate for some secondary help.
I hope this guy slips to the 2nd round..we need him skins
Good luck, Tyrann.
Work your butt off and good things are liable to happen.
As long as he stay out of trouble and do right, he can be a good player. Saints could use him. Stay outta trouble and good luck.
Oddly, the teams he was most interested in speaking with were Denver and Seattle…..
Only Seattle or Denver would risk taking him in the first round…you know for obvious reasons
I would love to see Carroll coach this guy. Seahawks could be great for years to come. At least, I hope they are.
I like him as a player a lot. But will be shocked if he is drafted higher than late 4th round.
This would be a steal for the Skins, we need all the secondary help we could get.HTTR