JaMarcus Russell Admits He Tested Positive for Codeine After 2007 Draft
JaMarcus Russell admits he tested positive for codeine after 2007 draft – “I missed all of training camp, so I didn’t get tested when all the other guys got tested,” Russell told Dominguez. “I had a prescription from a doctor, but it wasn’t the team doctor.” Russell also said he has used codeine without a prescription but scoffed at reports that he had a drug problem. Russell said the allegations of drug use stem from that positive test and said he has not used codeine in three years. The former LSU star said the Raiders came to him and asked him about his possible drug use early in his career. “Around the time when I first got there or a year after I got there,” Russell said when asked when the Raiders confronted him. “[They] said they were gettin’ word in the streets about me using drugs. Then, one of the doctors came to me.” The Raiders released Russell in May, and he was arrested in July for alleged possession of codeine. Two days after his arrest, the Raiders released a statement saying they “did all they could to intervene and assist with a myriad of issues with JaMarcus Russell.” When Dominguez read the statement to Russell during the interview, he seemed startled and told Dominguez the Raiders’ words caught him off guard. Russell said he had never seen or heard the statement before. Russell, who was just 7-18 in his three-year career with Oakland, also criticized Raiders coach Tom Cable for blaming him for the team’s failure to make the playoffs. “It kind of took a lot out of me for the respect of Tom Cable,” Russell said. “I could have …
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