Report: Agent says diluted sample caused Antonio Callaway’s positive test

Posted by Charean Williams on April 24, 2018, 7:19 PM EDT
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Former Florida receiver Antonio Callaway tested positive for marijuana at the NFL Scouting Combine, via multiple tweets.

Callaway’s new agent, Malki Kawa, said a diluted sample caused the positive test.

“Callaway has told those close to him he was over-hydrated and will address the issue with teams,” Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports.

Callaway was expected to be a mid-round pick, though he had red flags already.

UF suspended Callaway for the 2017 season. His off-field problems included a citation for marijuana possession last May.

He made 54 catches for 721 yards and three touchdowns in 2016 and 89 receptions for 1,399 yards and seven touchdowns in two seasons at UF.

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38 responses to “Report: Agent says diluted sample caused Antonio Callaway’s positive test”

  3. Come on now, man.. The only reason u Dilute a sample is because your positive for something, as a guy who works in the medical field I can tell you that it takes a lot of water to dilute a sample. In order to dilute a sample, u need to quickly drink almost a half gallon of water right before your test. The tester should of looked at the pee though and saw that it was as clear and waited making him go again.

  7. Whatever, Noway! Randy Gregory ruined it for you pot heads. Just stop smoking pot for a situation thats going to bring you millions, Idoit!

  8. TruFBFan says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:39 pm
    I get the rules. But I could care less if the guy smokes pot.
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    It isn’t as simple as that. The teams aren’t dumb. They know most of the players are smoking pot. The concern is that the guy couldn’t go 2 months without smoking pot. Are you kidding me?!?! Most important event of your life and you can’t put the bong down says a hell of a lot more about him than smoking pot. It shows he is irresponsible and can’t be relied upon

  9. Testing positive is bad enough, but knowing this test was coming for months and STILL testing positive is scary dumb.

  13. Wow, I know he had a checkered past but now he has to be off team draft boards.
    It’s not even about smoking weed. No one really cares about that anymore. This is purely an example of his inability to make good decisions. The past begets the future and this guy just sealed his fate.
    What a knucklehead.

  15. The first guy that says “I failed because I added up the dates wrong, and stopped smoking 2 days too late” I want my team to draft, immediately

  16. Now that’s funny..
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    Whatever, Noway! Randy Gregory ruined it for you pot heads. Just stop smoking pot for a situation thats going to bring you millions, Idoit!

  19. Diluted sample just means his urine was super clear. That can happen easily by drinking a lot of water. These athletes work out hard and need to hydrate. When I work out at the gym and doing cardio I drink a lot of water. My urine is clear too doesn’t mean he smoked pot.

  20. Unbelievable. This guy can’t even stay off the stuff for the combine. It’s one thing to have a random test but to KNOW they are going to test you and you can’t help yourself? He already had flags and this probably takes him off nearly everyone’s board. He can look forward to not much guaranteed money, if any. The team who signs him can look forward to him being suspended for failing a test before the season even begins. This guy will probably only play a few games before he’s suspended indefinitely. Another guy who can’t help but watch his NFL career go up in smoke.

    I hope it was worth it.

  21. This dude got busted for weed possession a year ago but NOW it’s different, see how this works ?

  22. It’s a shame. This kid has more talent than any WR coming out this year, but he probably won’t even have an NFL career. They have throwing coaches. They have nutritionists. They have personal trainers. They just haven’t figured out how to work on the head.

  25. TruFBFan says:
    I get the rules. But I could care less if the guy smokes pot.

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    I’m with you on the pot; I couldn’t care less. The problem is that he knew he would be tested, he knew it was important, yet he was not smart enough or didn’t have enough discipline to not fail. That is a lack of smarts that I might not want on my team.

  26. @imonfire2niteoyeah, they test athletes who are training all the time, so they know what normal athletic-training hydration looks like. I think if someone fails because of dilution, it probably is past extreme.

  28. Wouldn’t diluting it with more water DECREASE the concentration of THC to water and make it less likely to reach the THC threshold for a positive reading?

  31. There are probably a group of players on most teams who smoke. But here is a conversation that probably never happens. “Hey, why don’t you come over later. We’ll get high and study the play book”. The game is difficult enough for even clear headed players who concentrate on their craft. Someone who smokes in college may decide to give it up in the pros, but they are as least as likely not to. And they may influence other players to smoke as well.

  32. This is more than a drug test, it’s an intelligence test. If you’re too dumb to pass an announced drug test then you’re either a total moron or incapable of putting the weed down to financially secure your future. Either way not someone I’d be real quick to draft in the early rounds.

  33. football2011 says:
    April 25, 2018 at 8:53 am
    Wouldn’t diluting it with more water DECREASE the concentration of THC to water and make it less likely to reach the THC threshold for a positive reading?
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    I think diluted samples are considered a positive or failed test because of the excess water, which they consider an attempt to disguise their usage.

  34. @football2011 – The test didn’t test positive. The test was concluded to be “diluted”, which they have declared all samples that are “diluted” as a positive result (even though the test didn’t actually detect any thc).

  36. When you flush your system with products to beat a drug test,you also flush things that are supposed to be in your urine.Thats how you get caight for a diluted test.Things like creatinine dont disapear from lots of water but they do disappear when you use one of the flushing products.

  37. NFL starts their urine testing for pot on 4/20.. That’s so messed up. lol

    If you can’t stay off of it when you know a test is coming (for big $$$ in NFL), you’ve got a problem.

  38. Can’t even give up the weed for a chance to play in the NFL. I just don’t understand that.

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