Friday, June 21, 2024 10:36PMDarren Lewis, the Texas A&M star who broke Eric Dickerson's Southwest Conference rushing record before addiction derailed his football career and post-football life, died Thursday night from cancer. He was 55.
But during the NFL draft process, Lewis said he was exposed to cocaine at parties, and by prospective agents, and was assured he would test clean. Instead, he was the only player who tested positive for cocaine at the combine, and his stock plummeted to the sixth round, where he was drafted by the Chicago Bears, who claimed they did not know of his negative test, and was sent to rehab.
"I just think he's one of those guys that would fall into with his friends, some bad influences," Slocum said. "He was strong and tough on the football field, but there wasn't a mean bone in his body in terms of just being hard to manage. He was always so, so respectful. I know Jackie would say the same thing."
"I was selfish. I just wanted what Darren Lewis wanted, and I didn't think about the people I may be hurting," Lewis told the Bryan-College Station Eagle last week. "It was all about what I wanted at that time."
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