Joe Hamilton Got Drunk And Rear Ended A Dude

I remember when Rich McKay drafted Joe Hamilton out of Georgia Tech in the seventh round of the 2000 draft; I thought he would be the biggest steal of the year. I had followed him at Tech and saw him make plays that made everyone else look like they were running on ice. He didn't get much of a chance behind Brad Johnson, and when he was allocated to the Frankfurt Galaxy, he torn his ACL. I followed him to the Colts and through the AFL, and then heard just a couple days ago that Tech had re-hired him in their personnel department. Not what he wanted out of his career, but at least he was still in football and working for the school he loves.

Then he slammed into the back of a car stopped at a red light while he was drunk and high and then took off.

The officer smelled alcohol on Hamilton, who acknowledged he hit another car from behind, according to the police report. Hamilton failed a series of field sobriety tests, and the officer reported that he found the open bottle of beer and a marijuana cigarette in the vehicle's ash tray.

Hamilton recorded blood-alcohol contents of 0.193 and 0.199 in two tests, according to the police report. The legal limit in Georgia is 0.08.

Ok, so maybe he's not the steal of the 2000 draft. I guess you could make an argument that Tom Brady turned out a little better than Hamilton. I'm big enough to admit when I'm wrong. If you've got $3,500 you can loan him, you can bail Hamilton out of the Fulton County Jail. But take a different route home than him because he'll totally run you over.