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NFL Draft prospect sent teams 20 drug tests to show he's clean

Published Apr. 27, 2016 11:50 a.m. ET

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Aaron Torres

Of every prospect in the NFL Draft, there might not be one who is more intriguing than Noah Spence.

Spence, of course, was a one-time standout at Ohio State but was eventually booted from the school after testing positive for ecstasy multiple times. He ended up at Eastern Kentucky this season and, as best everyone can tell, has been 100 percent clean since then.

Still, there are lingering concerns about Spence, concerns that he is singlehandedly trying to eliminate.

Spence even went so far as to reportedly send drug tests results to all 32 teams in the days leading up to the draft, according to ESPN:

And then this, from later in the story.

If this report is true, it's an incredible gesture by Spence to show just how far he has come in his battle with drugs, and more importantly just how seriously he is taking the NFL Draft process.

Then again, it shouldn't be a total surprise either.

FOX Sports' Bruce Feldman did a fascinating, wide-ranging piece on Spence back in October, and even back then Spence seemed like a man on a mission, one determined to put the past behind him.

Here is how he described watching the 2014 Buckeyes celebrate a national championship without him.

Only time will tell if Spence is truly able to put his troubles in the past, but credit him for this: He isn't hiding from it either.

Spence is projected to go in the first round to the Arizona Cardinals, in Peter Schrager's latest mock draft.

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