The NFL Scouting Combine just wrapped up, and teams are now deciding who to draft.
One player getting a long look is Louisiana State running back Derris Guice, who is projected to be taken as highly as the end of the first round. Guice has had a rough upbringing—when he was five, he stood over his father's casket and promised him he'd play football at LSU.
Sadly, Guice has been forced to clear more hurdles, as he was subjected to totally inappropriate questions during interviews. Specifically, he was asked if he's gay and had someone insinuate to him that his mother is a prostitute.
“Some people are really trying to get in your head and test your reaction," he said. "I go in one room, and a team will ask me do I like men, just to see my reaction. I go in another room, they’ll try to bring up one of my family members or something and tell me, ‘Hey, I heard your mom sells herself. How do you feel about that?’”
Football scouts have traditionally prided themselves on digging into the backgrounds of top prospects, and prodding them in interviews. When their questions proves controversial, these executives hide behind the idea that they were "trying to see how the player would react."
However, depending on the jurisdiction, it's possibly illegal to ask a player—or, using different terminology, a prospective employee—if they're gay. Even if it's still legal somewhere, it's obviously a terrible look and makes it hard to build a relationship with the player.
And yet, they're still doing it. As one sports columnist in North Carolina put it, "This is still a thing?"
You can watch Guice's highlight reel below. This young man racks up plenty of yards. But this reel is different than most of these amateur-produced mini-films, in that it opens with his personal story.
