The plight of Keenan Allen continues, and a tumble down draft boards is looking more and more inevitable. ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that the Cal wideout, one that many are deeming the No. 1 receiver in the draft, was flagged for a drug test back at the combine. This, in addition to the slow recovery from a PCL injury, is looking like it will sink Allen’s draft value.
Keenan Allen, the No. 1-rated WR on some boards, was red-flagged for a drug test at scouting combine in Indy and retested this month.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 16, 2013
Be aware though, that Schefter stated the drug test was flagged, and hasn’t been reported as failed. There is a massive difference between the two and at the moment the drug test isn’t being marked as a failed one. JT Johnson, Allen’s agent, is openly and flatly denying that the drug test is a failed one.
Then again, Johnson is an agent, so he could be blowing smoke. But remember that this is just a kid, and a flagged drug test isn’t completely damning. But while Allen may have not failed the test, the fact that it’s been flagged isn’t comforting. Allen has already slipped to a late-first, early second round pick in the eyes of many and it’s not totally unbelievable that Allen could slip into the mid-second round. There isn’t a dire need for receivers at the end of the first round, and other prospects like DeAndre Hopkins are rising on boards, especially after Allen’s latest setback.
He’s still a solid prospect, but it’s starting to look like Keenan Allen will be more of a second-round bargain than a first-round selection.