Former Georgia receiver Mecole Hardman discussed a series of homophobic tweets from his past after being selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday.
Hardman tweeted a multiple homophobic sentiments from 2012-16, largely posted before he joined the Bulldogs in 2016.
"That’s a long time ago,” Hardman told the Kansas City Star's Brooke Pryor. “That’s probably immature of me at the time to tweet things like that. That’s my fault for doing that. I came a long way from that. That’s not who I am today.