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CHICAGO — The timing couldn’t be worse for La’el Collins.
Just two days before he was expected to be a first-round pick in the NFL Draft, the LSU offensive tackle was rocked by news that police in Baton Rouge, La., want to talk to him about the murder of a former girlfriend.
According to multiple outlets, police said Collins isn’t considered a suspect in the shooting death last Friday of Brittany Mills, 29, who was pregnant and delivered a boy that lived.
Police told the NFL Network they want to establish if Collins — who the network said hadn’t had contact with Mills since September — is the father of the child, while ESPN reported investigators want to see if Collins “can provide them with information.”
Collins, who also can play guard, is considered the fourth-best tackle available this year, and many mock drafts had him going to the Lions with the No. 23 pick Thursday night.
Though Collins so far is not deemed a suspect, merely having his name linked to a murder investigation — especially just two days before the start of the draft — seems sure to hurt the 6-foot-5, 305-pound lineman’s stock in this post-Aaron Hernandez era.
Collins is in Chicago to attend the draft this week. But thanks to this late-breaking development, he might be in for a long and lonely night — or nights, plural — in the green room.
His agent fucked up by saying it was poor timing to question his client right before the draft.... but I get what he is saying.
but if this baby is his? problems... ****************
TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
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