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New Chiefs WR Mecole Hardman on homophobic tweets: ‘That’s not who I am today’

Wide receiver Mecole Hardman, out of Georgia, jumped over South Carolina’s J.T. Ibe during a SEC game in September in Columbia, S.C. The Chiefs selected Hardman in the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday night. Joshua L. Jones AP

Georgia wide receiver Mecole Hardman, selected by the Chiefs with the No. 56 pick Friday night, is the latest athlete to have troubling tweets surface from his past.

In a three-year span from 2012-16, Hardman posted a series of tweets with homophobic language.

“I hope you know being gay .. ! You gone go to hell ?