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Why is this news?: Noah Spence gives update on his recovery, Ohio State as No. 1 in college football

Former Buckeye defensive end Noah Spence is on the road to recovery, preparing to play football for Eastern Kentucky this fall. He is also clean of drugs and alcohol for the first time since beginning college. Spence details how he would party hard every weekend, even practicing while hung over from his ecstasy use the night before. Which, quite frankly, is astonishing.

A clean-cut kid from Pennsylvania, Spence did not start using drugs until he experienced the new freedom of college. He was dishonest following his first failed drug test for ecstasy, even causing his father to publicly support him and vouch for his son.