cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy was reportedly caught with marijuana and bath salts

Former Florida cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy was reportedly caught with marijuana and bath salts a month ago by the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, according to a report from The Gainesville Sun.

But one thing stands out about this: Purifoy was never arrested.

According to the report, Purifoy agreed to become an informant for police after he was busted for drugs but never upheld his end of the bargain. Thus, a warrant was issued for Purifoy's arrest by the Alachua County Sheriff's Office. However, the warrant was quashed, which has resulted in the Sheriff's Office asking the Gainesville Police Department conducting to conduct an independent investigation on the matter.

Though public opinion has softened on marijuana over the years, being in possession of bath salts will, and should, be considered a major red flag for teams that are interested in him. This is also, at least until the internal investigation is complete, a bad look for local police in Gainesville, Fla.

Purifoy is projected to be a a mid-round selection next month. An incident like this could potentially drop him down NFL draft boards.

With the Gators in 2013, Purifoy, a starting cornerback, recorded two sacks and two interceptions.

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i assume you mean bath salts, the drug, not some soap for the tub.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_salts_(drug)

"Bath salts[1][2] is a term used to describe a number of designer drugs often containing substituted cathinones, which have effects similar to amphetamine and cocaine. The name derives from instances in which the drugs were being sold under the guise of being bath salts.[3][4][5] Their white crystals often resemble legal bathing products like epsom salts, but are chemically disparate from actual bath salts. The drug bath salts' packaging often states "not for human consumption" in an attempt to avoid the prohibition of drugs.[3]"

I love it when guys are stupid enough to get caught doing shit like this within the months leading up to the culmination of years of hard work (not to mention the payday that accompanies it).

this sucks, kid could have been a good late round pick, probably too stupid to Draft now.

Finding a safety looks like Bears' top remaining priority
Thin crop in draft means they might need to pick one in first round







Brad Biggs







3:41 p.m. CDT, April 19, 2014

A busy offseason with more twists than Phil Emery could have predicted leaves the Bears in an interesting position with the NFL draft less than three weeks away.

Depending on how things shake out, the Bears have signed or re-signed as many as seven starters on defense since a disappointing 8-8 season ended. They overhauled the front by adding ends Jared Allen, Lamarr Houston and Willie Young, and veteran cornerbacks Tim Jennings and Charles Tillman return. Ryan Mundy is the projected starter at strong safety, D.J. Williams has the best shot — for now — of being the middle linebacker and Jeremiah Ratliff could win a starting tackle job.

The draft will put the finishing touches on a rebuilding project for a defense that surrendered 478 points and 6,313 yards in 2013. Emery will seek offensive players with some of his seven draft picks, but the greatest need is impact players for an aging defense.

Free safety remains unsettled. Coach Marc Trestman and Emery have been positive talking about fourth-year pro Chris Conte, but he won't retain his starting job without facing legitimate competition, and now he could be sidelined until training camp opens after shoulder surgery.

When you consider the possibilities, four positions emerge for the No. 14 pick: safety, defensive tackle, linebacker and cornerback.

There might not be a player who has ever been linked to the Bears in mock drafts more than Pittsburgh defensive tackle Aaron Donald, the top projected three-technique. He had an extremely productive college career, and his stock has risen since the Senior Bowl. Some think he could sneak into the top 10. If the Bears don't pick Donald, the good news is there's quality depth at the position to consider in later rounds.

Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley could be attractive in the first round as an impact player at a position in flux, with Lance Briggs the only definite starter. But does Emery want to draft a linebacker in Round 1 after using two of his first three picks there last year and shifting former first-round pick Shea McClellin to the position?

The Bears don't need a starting cornerback for this year but might in 2015, and this is another position with solid depth in this draft, giving Emery Day 2 options for the second and third rounds.

That brings us back to safety. Alabama's Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Louisville's Calvin Pryor are widely considered the two best in a thin crop. Most believe there's a significant drop-off to the next group that includes Northern Illinois' Jimmie Ward, Washington State's Deone Bucannon and Florida State's Terrence Brooks. Ward and Bucannon could come off the board in the second round before the Bears pick again at No. 51.

While the Bears lack an ideal three-technique to replace Henry Melton, and Emery regretted not having ample depth at tackle last season, the team has options and the dip in talent at tackle isn't as great. There isn't a lot to pick through at safety in later rounds, where the Bears have had mostly unfulfilling experiences drafting safeties in recent history, selecting one in each draft from 2005 to 2012. They never made second-round finds like Eric Weddle, Jairus Byrd or T.J. Ward.

The Bears believe they have a window to compete for a championship after an aggressive free agency period. But Emery couldn't fill every hole in free agency and didn't need to with a pick in the top half of the first round. There's no guarantee Clinton-Dix and Pryor will be available. The Rams, who pick 13th, are believed to be looking for help at the position.

Emery can't create a player who isn't there at No. 14, and we don't know what grades the safeties will have in relation to players at other positions. Maybe he lets the draft come to him, meaning he goes into it ready to take the best player available without feeling obligated to get a safety.

What we do know is the position is one of the last remaining bits of work for the offseason, and after the first round, pickings will be slim. Recent history shows to get a quality safety, you need to find one early.

bmbiggs@tribune.com

Twitter @BradBiggs

great there goes my latest mock

dude just wanted a toke and a relaxing bath....whats the problem?

Jeff George said:

great there goes my latest mock

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lol.......just change purifoy to a 6th

Sounds like he had a fun night

Report: Loucheiz Purifoy was caught with drugs, avoided arrest

Posted by Michael David Smith on April 19, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT
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Loucheiz Purifoy, a former Florida cornerback who is expected to be drafted next month, reportedly was caught with drugs last month and avoided arrest by agreeing to work as a police informant.

Now the matter of how Purifoy avoided arrest is the subject of an investigation. The Gainesville Sun reports that Purifoy never made himself available to officers to serve as an informant, so the Alachua County sheriff, whose officers originally stopped Purifoy, has asked the Gainesville Police Department to conduct an independent investigation into the matter.

According to the report, Purifoy was caught with marijuana and the synthetic drug known as bath salts. Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell wrote in a letter to Gainesville Police Chief Tony Jones that after Purifoy failed to act as an informant an arrest warrant issued for him was quashed, and now the matter needs to be investigated.

“Based on probable cause developed by the deputy, an arrest warrant was issued for Loucheiz Purifoy for April 4, 2014, after he failed to fulfill his end of the bargain,” Darnell wrote. “The action to quash the warrant is highly unusual and, as a result, I have numerous questions as to the propriety of how this occurred.”

Purifoy was previously arrested for marijuana possession in February of 2013, and the Gators suspended him for the first game of the season. If he can stay out of trouble off the field, Purifoy has the talent to be a major contributor in the NFL: At Florida he was a starting cornerback, played a little wide receiver and was outstanding on special teams as a returner, on kick coverage and in blocking kicks.

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bath salts are not good for you

dude might have turned himself from a 3rd round pick to an UDFA.......hundreds of thousands of dollars down the shitter........what a fucking moron.

hbkrusso said:

bath salts are not good for you

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Draft him!

DB Cooper said:

Draft him!

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he went to Florida , what could go wrong..

modo said:

dude just wanted a toke and a relaxing bath....whats the problem?

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The problem was the non happy ending.

great brad biggs article

I think a nice hot bubble bath and a joint sound lovely (but without the weed, it gives me the spins)

Hard to save face when someone is trying to eat it...