There is a photo circulating the internet over the last 24 hours that allegedly shows Ole Miss star defensive end Robert Nkemdiche smoking a bong.
Rebels head coach Hugh Freeze said Monday that he is “very aware” of the photo and its background.
“I’m very aware of the picture and also when it was taken and where it was taken” Freeze said, per the Clarion-Ledger. “We test our team on our drug-testing policy at the beginning of the season and then we have our follow-up tests throughout the course of the year. I’m super confident we handled each one the same and we enforce our policy very consistently.”
According to Outkick the Coverage, the photo, shown below, was originally posted by a Tennessee fan on the message board of Volquest.com, Rivals.com’s Tennessee site.
I'm sure this isn't Robert Nkemdiche doing drugs, probably just some other 300lb muscular guy @OleMissFB http://ift.tt/1Cesian
— Not Danny Ford (@1981tigers1981) October 13, 2014 The fan who posted it said he "received the photo from a friend back in August” and was “holding it” until Tennessee played Ole Miss. With the game against the third-ranked Rebels coming on Saturday, some Vols fans on the message board apparently “discussed how to distribute the photo” of Nkemdiche, the former top-ranked recruit in the country.
Per the Clarion-Ledger, players are not suspended automatically for a first failed drug test, but a second failed test results in the player being suspended for “25 percent of the team’s remaining games,” while a third results in a dismissal from the team and a revoked scholarship.
“We’re going to hold them accountable for actions that are not what we want representing our university and our program, or that would hurt themselves,” Freeze said of the program’s drug-testing policy. “I’m very confident that we deal with all of them in the same manner and that we’ll continue to do that.”
Nkemdiche, a sophomore, has 14 tackles and one sack for the 6-0 Rebels.
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