Tunsil slides to Miami at 13 after gas mask tweet

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A video posted to NFL prospect Laremy Tunsil’s verified Twitter account Thursday night showed the Ole Miss offensive tackle wearing a gas mask and smoking a substance through a plastic tube. The tweet was deleted minutes after posting.

Tunsil, one of the highest-rated prospects in the draft who at one point was considered a likely No. 1 overall pick, was eventually picked No. 13 overall by the Miami Dolphins.

Tunsil confirmed to ESPN’s Suzy Kolber that he was in the video but said he was “blessed” to be picked the Dolphins.

Agent Jimmy Sexton earlier told ESPN: “It is BS. Somebody hacked into his account.”

Tunsil said “we’re trying to find out” who hacked his account.

“You go through adversity in life,” Tunsil told ESPN when he was asked about the video. “It’s what you overcome. And ill overcome this adversity and show everyone what I’m all about.”

ESPN has not confirmed the man in the video is Tunsil, but Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze, who is in Chicago with Tunsil, said the video is “from a long time ago.”

A video tweeted from Laremy Tunsil’s account Thursday showed a man apparently smoking marijuana out of a gas mask. The tweet was later …

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