12 Most Memorable Moments from the NFL Combine
By Zach Bigalke
DeAndre Hopkins and Mark Harrison trash hotel room (2013)
Just as not everything that is memorable about the NFL Combine is positive, not every memorable event takes place at the Combine site itself. In 2013, the big story coming out of Indianapolis wasn’t Marquise Goodwin’s 4.27 time in the 40 or B.W. Webb of FCS William & Mary’s 20-yard burst that was three-hundredths off the NFL Combine record.
The story didn’t break immediately, but right before the Draft news came out that a room at the Crowne Plaza in Indianapolis had been trashed. Bodily fluids smeared the bathroom, garbage and partially-eaten food were strewn about the room, but no damage was done to any of the items in the room.Eventually word came out that the room had been assigned to Rutgers receiver Mark Harrison and Clemson wideout DeAndre Hopkins.
Both young men denied the allegations that they were to blame for the filth. Though he suffered the brunt of the suspicion, Hopkins was still drafted in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft by Houston. Harrison, on the other hand, went undrafted and bounced between practice squads before playing a year in the CFL and is now out of football.