It was one of the more surreal scenes in recent NFL draft history: While Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze was in the green room with two former players Thursday night, another former player was telling the media he was paid by a coach during a news conference meant to celebrate his first-round selection.
Laremy Tunsil’s admission that he took money from a coach – on the heels of what can only be termed bizarre posts on Tunsil’s now-deleted Twitter and Instagram accounts – overshadowed that the Rebels had three players selected in the first round for the first time in school history.