Former NFL Player Tweets Some Absurd Questions He Was Asked During the NFL Combine

"Do you think your mother's attractive?"

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The NFL Combine begins tonight giving you your annual opportunity to watch guys run wind sprints on NFL Network and also hear the utterly insane questions asked by actual NFL teams that get leaked to the media. In the past we had learned that Dez Bryant was asked if his mother was a prostitute, and also that Manti Te'o was asked if he was gay due to his invisible girlfriend. Today former four-year veteran defensive tackle Austen Lane remembered his interview experience when more than one organization at the sport's highest level wondered how he'd murder somebody, and also whether he thought his mom was hot:

When a scout at the combine asked me... "If you could kill someone and not get caught, would you?" pic.twitter.com/mwK5UX8gvW

— Austen Lane (@A_Train_92) February 23, 2016

When a scout at the combine asked me if I thought my mother was attractive. pic.twitter.com/FPwc6OVdtj

— Austen Lane (@A_Train_92) February 23, 2016

When a coach made the statement during my combine interview... "I see you have dreads, you smoke weed don't you?" pic.twitter.com/fu2BLm55uF

— Austen Lane (@A_Train_92) February 23, 2016

When a scout asked me at the combine if I had to murder someone: Would I use a gun or a knife? pic.twitter.com/R5BHMxiDM7

— Austen Lane (@A_Train_92) February 23, 2016

When a scout at the combine asked me "boxers or briefs". pic.twitter.com/6IwjeszYBD

— Austen Lane (@A_Train_92) February 23, 2016

Presumably he answered some of these questions incorrectly, as he dropped from a projected third-rounder to the fifth-round. Anyway, it'll be fun to see what completely inappropriate queries get asked again this year.

We should hear about them in the next week or two.

[via @A_Train_92]

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