The NFL career of Mikel LeShoure is off to a pretty terrible start. After being selected in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions, he just can’t get things going. He missed all of last year with a torn Achilles tendon and things have just gotten worse.
ESPN 96.1 is reporting that LeShoure is being arraigned on Monday on marijuana possession charges, and it’s his second offense.
Lions beat writer Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press tweets that his first incident occurred on February 18th.
“On Feb. 18, Leshoure was cited in a traffic stop for possession of marijuana. Plead to a lesser charge, use of marijuana. Paid a fine,” Birkett tweets.
This second arrest in March is a little more interesting. According to Birkett, LeShoure tried to eat the pot during a traffic stop.
“He was a passenger in a car this time, pulled over March 12. Chief of police I spoke to said Leshoure tried to eat the weed to avoid charge,” Birkett says.
That must have been quite a scene and one we’d love to see a video of. Still, this is just bad news for a guy who is already behind the eight ball. One would have to think that he’s going to be disciplined by the league.