Whoever hacked Laremy Tunsil’s Twitter account last night cost him a lot of money.
According to NFL.com, the Baltimore Ravens, who were expected to pick Tunsil at number 6 overall, took him off their draft board after the bong smoking video leaked on the Internet and instead drafted Ronnie Stanley to be their next offensive tackle .
If the Ravens passed on Tunsil because of the video that means Tunsil lost over $8 million in less than an hour after he slipped to the 13th pick because of the way rookie salaries are structured.
The maximum Ronnie Stanley will get in his 4-year rookie deal is $20,484,415, which includes a signing bonus of no more than $13,907,756.
— Joel Corry (@corryjoel) April 29, 2016
The maximum Laremy Tunsil will get in his 4-year rookie deal is $12,457,654, which includes a signing bonus of no more than $7,260,112.
— Joel Corry (@corryjoel) April 29, 2016
Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome denies that the video had anything to do with the Ravens picking Stanley over Tunsil but there are several reports out there that say otherwise.
H/T Eye On Football