Gregory tests positive for pot at combine

Asked if anyone at Nebraska bears any responsibility for his situation, Gregory said no. "Their job isn't to focus on (whether) these kids are smoking. Their job is to coach us. We should be able to take it upon ourselves and to have enough character to not do it. At the time, I did not. I really didn't. ...

"At the end of the day, it was my fault. I was being selfish. I was being stubborn. I felt like I could do things my way and it would work. And it didn't work."

Said he team officials told him if he failed a 3rd be would be kicked off the team.

 
Warrior10 said:
Failed twice here at Nebraska.
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I'd smoke weed too if I was coached by Kaz

 
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Gregory, a 6-foot-5, 243-pound pass-rusher who had 17.5 sacks in his two years at Nebraska, is the kind of versatile athlete -- he can rush the quarterback and drop into coverage -- that teams covet.


But marijuana is neither a new nor uncomplicated storyline in Gregory's life.

At the combine, executives from two NFL teams indicated to NFL Media that there were concerns about Gregory's Nebraska off-the-field "issues." And this was before Gregory's positive test from the combine came to light.

Gregory said he now believes he is "in a great spot," but getting there has been a process.

"I don't wake up every day saying, I'd really love to go smoke," he said. "It's not a struggle for me every day (now), it really isn't. In the past, hell yeah, it's been a struggle. It really has been. Now, I'm focused on my dream."

Gregory said he first smoked marijuana after graduating from Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Ind., and before enrolling at Arizona Western Community College in 2011. He had failed to qualify academically at Purdue, which represented a considerable disappointment to him, and Gregory said he turned to marijuana to cope with the anxiety.

He sat out the 2012 season with a broken leg but was still pursued by major colleges. In 2013 he transferred to Nebraska, where he officially tested positive for marijuana twice, in January 2014 and April 2014. (Gregory said Nebraska officials told him he would be kicked off the team if he were to fail a third test.)
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I think it says a lot that he said he was at his worst while at Nebraska. While I'm sure the coaching staff didn't approve of it, there was no way that they didn't know about it.

 
There's simply no nice way to say it. What an idiot.

He knows that he is going to get tested at the combine which is the biggest job interview of his life. If he could just not screw that up he could be set for life.

 
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