Depend Ashton Jeanty among the many rising record of gamers who bought prank-called in the course of the NFL draft.
The Raiders’ first-round decide from Boise State revealed on the “Stacking the Field” podcast {that a} half hour after the Raiders chosen him, somebody known as him and offered themselves as a consultant of the Dallas Cowboys.
Jeanty stated the caller knowledgeable him that his stick with the Raiders was over earlier than it started.
“Some dude known as me and was like, ‘We simply traded with the Raiders, and also you’re coming to the Cowboys,’” Jeanty advised the podcast.
The Raiders’ new operating again was too shrewd to fall for the prank.
“I simply hung up, bro,” Jeanty stated. “I used to be like, ‘Come on, bro.’”
Jeanty was considered one of a number of draft prospects who obtained prank calls from individuals pretending to be representatives of NFL groups on draft weekend, together with Shedeur Sanders, Kyle McCord and Mason Graham.
The Sanders prank was essentially the most outstanding, not solely as a result of it was captured on video by Sanders’ social media group, but additionally as a result of the decision was filmed and posted on social media.
The latter led to the outing of the culprits, together with Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich.
The youthful Ulbrich obtained Sanders’ contact data from his father’s work iPad. The NFL fined the Falcons $250,000 and Ulbrich $100,000 for failing to stop the disclosure of confidential data distributed to the membership forward of the draft.
In a subsequent information convention, Jeff Ulbrich apologized.
“My actions — my actions — of not defending confidential information had been inexcusable,” Ulbrich stated. “My son’s actions had been completely inexcusable, and for that we’re each deeply sorry. The NFL has taken motion and I absolutely respect the punishment. We take full accountability, my son and myself, and we won’t be interesting the positive in any method. Going ahead I promise my son and I’ll work arduous to reveal we’re higher than this.”
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