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Jabrill Peppers posts video of pre-Orange Bowl injury after getting drafted
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Jabrill Peppers delivered a couple of loud messages to his critics on Thursday night.
The former Michigan safety did end up getting picked in the first round by the Cleveland Browns. That was after talk of his dilute sample at the combine surfaced days before the draft.
The skepticism Peppers drew after sitting out the Orange Bowl with a hamstring injury was also well-documented. Some, like Danny Kanell, came out and said that he thought Peppers faked the injury.
So after he was drafted on Thursday night, Peppers posted video proof that he did suffer a hamstring injury in the practice before the Orange Bowl:
Speculate on what you want but my love for this game should never be questioned! Never would I fake an injury to miss a game. pic.twitter.com/MLaaqKPzMI
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) April 28, 2017
Peppers had always denied that he faked the injury, but that was the first time he posted any video evidence, not that it should’ve still been a topic of discussion four months later.
Ironically enough, Peppers’ NFL career will begin in the state that many of his doubters reside in. Maybe his skeptics will be able to move past that, as well.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.