Agent says Laremy Tunsil's Twitter account hacked

ByKEVIN SEIFERT
April 28, 2016, 9:04 PM

— -- A video posted to NFL prospect Laremy Tunsil's verified Twitter account Thursday night showed a man wearing a gas mask and smoking a substance through a plastic tube. The tweet was deleted minutes after posting.

ESPN has not confirmed that the man in the video is Tunsil. The player referred questions to agent Jimmy Sexton, who told ESPN: "It is BS. Somebody hacked into his account."

Tunsil's entire account was deleted shortly after the 2016 NFL draft began.

Tunsil is one of the highest-rated prospects in the draft and at one point was considered a likely No. 1 overall pick. He was sued earlier this week by his stepfather, Lindsey Miller, who is accusing Tunsil of attacking him and defaming his character in an incident last summer.

Two offensive tackles were selected in the top eight picks Thursday, including Michigan State tackle Jack Conklin, picked by the Tennessee Titans after they traded up to the No. 8 spot with the Cleveland Browns. The Baltimore Ravens picked Notre Dame tackle Ronnie Stanley at No. 6.

Miller and Tunsil filed domestic violence charges against each other last year. Tunsil alleged he attacked Miller after Miller attacked Tunsil's mother, Desiree Polingo, and Miller alleged Tunsil attacked him unprovoked. The charges were dropped last August.

The video posted to Tunsil's account at 7:47 p.m. ET Thursday. It begins with a man wearing a black gas mask with a plastic tube attached to the mouth. An unseen person holds a lighter to the tube, and smoke begins rising.

The person wearing the mask adjusts it for about 10 seconds before raising it off his head and laughing. He then coughs several times before the video ends.

Tunsil had to sit out the season's first seven games after the NCAA ruled he received improper benefits, including the use of three loaner cars.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.