Tackle Alex Boone - former teammate of Kirk Barton (who? lol)
02/02/09 - Ohio State offensive lineman Alex Boone has been arrested after being subdued with a Taser during an alleged drunken tirade. Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says the 6-foot-8, 312-pound tackle was jumping on car hoods, yanking on a tow truck cable and trying to break a window when he was arrested late Sunday. Amormino says the 21-year-old, who appeared intoxicated, was combative and uncooperative with sheriff's deputies and had to be taken down with a Taser. He was taken to a hospital and then to a jail medical ward, where he remains. Boone, who was selected All-Big Ten this year, could be selected in the NFL draft in April. - AP Sports
WOWZA!!
Previously, Alex Boone was convicted of drunken driving after his arrest in April of 2006, a time when he vowed to put his issues with drinking, which he said started in eighth grade, behind him. "We love and support him. He is our heart and soul, and our plan is to help him with this problem," Amy Boone said tonight from her home in Lakewood. "This is obviously a problem. He had it in the past and it has reared its ugly head again." Boone was living in the Los Angeles area while working out a facility that trains players for the NFL Draft. He had been invited to attend the NFL Combine in the middle of February. Amy Boone said her son had been worried about his falling draft stock, and this arrest will only hurt his prospects in the eyes of NFL teams.
NO SHITE!!
Amy Boone said the plan is still for Alex to continue working out in Los Angeles and attend the combine. "He is under a tremendous amount of stress, which most people will never know," Amy Boone said. "He is devastated and so sorry that this happened." Boone was arrested just before midnight on Sunday, allegedly with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit of .08 in California.
HOLY SH...WHAT? ONLY 3 TIMES THE LIMIT AND HE WAS THOUGHT A TOW TRUCK WAS A MIGHTY DRAGON THAT NEEDED SLAYING? What happens when this kid has to take a couple barbituates and an adrenalin shot after a knee injury in a regular season game? Forget Cushing. Boone is the new Hulk!
Good thing we don't have any drunks on the Dolphins, just a food junkie, aka Donald Thomas, who was arrested a year or so ago for punching a restaurant worker because his food was taking too long. Maybe these two should be on the same O-line.
He just dropped from a possible 2nd or 3rd to the 5th if that. Bad timing Boone!
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't have the combine type skills to overcome this. He's more of a student of the game with size than an overly strong or athletic guy.
That's sad. If this is true, he cost himself a lot of money and a better start to an NFL career because of drinking.
I read an article where he admitted to drinking 30 to 40 beers a day at one point. Then he apparently quit cold turkey because he got arrested, found God (in the form of Jim Tressel), and would've been out on his ass otherwise.
ReplyDeleteHe's obviously an idiot, just 2 weeks from the combine AND he's in LA to train at his agency's gym so he's supervised and all that. He had to make an effort to fall off the wagon.
Although....he could be a VERY GOOD value in the 5th round...technically he's only messed up twice in 4 years...he could be a significant upgrade over Garner and whoever else is a backup right now. Get him drunk enough and he's an absolute BEAST! lol
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