Among the allegations* made by Luchs:1. Mel Kiper made pre-arranged calls to a top agent, Gary Wichard, during meetings with college players. He says Kiper is thought to have ranked players who were represented by the agent more highly than others. ESPN is looking into the allegations.
2. He paid Ryan Leaf more than $10,000 throughout his final two seasons at Washington State, but the relationship soured when Luchs wouldn't pay the hotel tab for two of Leaf's buddies in Las Vegas.
3. Luchs also says he paid first-round picks Jamir Miller and Chris Mims. Miller was a linebacker from UCLA taken 10th by the Cardinals in 1994, and Mims, a defensive lineman from Tennessee taken 23rd by the Chargers in 1992, but died in 2008.
4. Former Raiders defensive end Greg Townsend asked an 18-year-old Luchs to give him urine for a drug test while wearing silk pajamas and a smoking jacket and holding a glass of Grand Marnier. Luchs complied, but Townsend failed the test anyway because he was forced to take it in view of the tester. (It's not mentioned in the piece, but Townsend was barred from training camp for 30 days for testing positive for a trace amount of marijuana.)
5. Luchs offered Keyshawn Johnson(notes) money during his time at USC, but the future NFL star refused.
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:47 (fifteen years ago)