![]() There was Uncle Ray Ray, a former Mobile disc jockey whom Russell considered like a second father. It was something he appeared to be relatively naive about prior to an agent's runner planting the seed in Russell's head about how favorably the league viewed him as a prospect.Ĭlosest to Russell, except for his parents, were a group of uncles who acted as his mentors. Russell paints a picture of a big, loving and supportive family as he rose to fame - first in high school, then in college and eventually as the first overall pick. Russell dealt with family heartache early in his NFL career In fact, almost as an aside, he says he didn't smoke weed until after the Raiders had cut him. Russell also indicates that he wasn't using marijuana during his career, which was a common rumor back then. He clearly believes that there was a stigma against that method of self-medication but not enough of one against team doctors who hand out painkillers like Pez. I did my punishment, which was not attending the bowl game, and we kept it movin’." I was honest with the coaches about what was going on, and they knew me as a person, so they handled it quietly. "It ain't for fun, you feel me? I’m in pain, and that’s just how I knew to deal with it. He says he preferred that brand of opioid to what team doctors at LSU and with the Raiders provided him. class at LSU - and how someone else found out and ratted out the star QB.īut the school kept the issue on the down-low, and Russell kept on keeping on. Russell doesn't say it explicitly, but it appears he was hooked from then on, transitioning to a story of how he poured some in a cup before a 10 a.m. He was almost immediately buzzed, concerned that his mother or grandmother would find out. Russell says he grabbed what he thought was just Pineapple Orange Faygo soda, but it apparently had been mixed with the cough syrup. ![]() He was playing in the park with friends and some older kids when he was told to "grab something from the cooler." Russell begins his story with how he got hooked on cough syrup, which he says was a common recreational drug in his neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama. Story continues JaMarcus Russell first tried codeine at age 14
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