Former University of Wisconsin athletes Anttaj Hawthorne and Jonathan Clinkscale tested positive for marijuana at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis last month, according to a confidential letter from the league that Pro Football Weekly posted on its Web site.
The impact of those results won’t become apparent until the NFL draft on April 23-24, but Hawthorne is expected to take the bigger hit of the two players. Regarded as a potential first-round pick by analysts entering his senior season last fall, the defensive tackle has been rapped for inconsistent effort and his stock had faltered even before the positive drug test.