Scout: Eli Apple’s cooking skills are a concern

Several years ago, Noah Spence tested positive for Ecstasy on multiple occasions and he was eventually suspended by the Big Ten. The Ohio State standout had to finish his college career at Eastern Kentucky. And Ole Miss star Robert Nkemdiche admitted he was drunk when he fell from a fourth-floor hotel window in Atlanta last December while with his teammates.

Despite those obvious (and dreaded) “off-field concerns,” both players could be first-round picks in Thursday’s NFL Draft.

This brings us to former Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple, who until Tuesday, seemed to be free and clear of the red flags that haunt Spence and Nkemdiche. Of course, in the days leading up to the draft, where anonymous scouting reports only add to the subterfuge and obfuscation, “red flags” take on an entirely new meaning.

Here’s how one nameless scout described Apple to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Bob McGinn: “I worry about him because of off-the-field issues. The kid has no life skills. At all. Can’t cook. Just a baby. He’s not first round for me. He scares me to death.”

Apple, who is just 20, had no previously known “off-the-field issues.” But you can only hide from your past for so …

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