In the late 90’s when most of us were still sucking on pacifiers, Ricky Williams was tearing up defenses in the Big 12 and winning the Heisman like it was nothing. Mac Brown can thank Ricky for some of the best years in Texas football history with the career accomplishments this man has. 3 time Big 12 offensive player of the year throughout his career as a starter, he won the fuckin Doak Walker Award twice, and to cap it off it he won the Heisman in ‘98 during his junior and final season at Texas.

 The craziest stat line out of all of the things that Ricky Williams accomplished during his 3 years at Texas has to be how high he was for every game that he was playing. The man rolled up a fat doink in the locker room and chiefed that shit down right before he threw his pads on and put on a damn show for hundreds of thousands of Drunk Texans every Saturday.

It’s a hard thing to explain, but once you sustain a tolerance like Ricky Williams and you can function when you’re toasted like a Marshmallow; weed becomes the healthiest Performance Enhancing Drug that you can take. He accomplished things that Hall of Fame running backs wish they could have done in college. Ricky Williams enjoyed college the best way he possibly could; scoring touchdowns for the Longhorns and getting high every day.

I can sort of attest to this only because for 2 years of High School Soccer I would use THC to help make the mediocre entertainment that much more interesting. It was nice during the game just to keep me calm because I was an angry kid and got yellow cards like it was my job. If I played football, I would have injured myself in my first season playing because I would have tried to hit somebody that was way bigger than me and I would have broken my body In half and would have years of Physical Therapy lined up. I don’t blame Ricky for smoking as much as he did because damn if I got hit that much I would have too.

If Ricky Williams was still playing Football today, he would have no issues with the league because the NFL doesn’t test for THC anymore. He would have had a flawless career and he wouldn’t have had to retire in 2004 because of the NFL’s Ludacris substance abuse policy that was in place for years.

Imagine being high as fuck and receiving the Heisman trophy? That would be one hell of a story to tell people when you’re passing around a joint.

Ricky Williams is one of the craziest “what if” stories in sports history and it was only because the man utilized a plant that was at one point classified as an illegal substance. If you haven’t watched it I highly Recommend watching his ESPN 30for30 Documentary.     

It takes an indepth look at one of the craziest lifes an athlete can have while basically keeping this big secret to himself until he got tested in the NFL.

Besides being the rushing leader in ’02 the NFL fucked Ricky Williams over so bad that he still can’t walk right to this day. If the NFL did not have such a strict substance abuse policy when he was playing Ricky would be enshrined in the Hall of fame. I still can’t wrap my mind around how you can smoke and strap on pads and go out and play football in front of thousands of people. I can barely play a round of Warzone without making a mindless mistake and Ricky was getting paid Millions to score touchdowns. Weed is one hell of a drug.