Manti Te'o Falls in NFL Draft After Internet Scandal

As recently as several months, Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o was considered a surefire first round NFL Draft pick who could even land in the top 10. Yesterday, 32 NFL teams had a chance to select him, but passed

What happened in the interim? Te'o had a subpar outing in the national championship game, didn't blow scouts away in pre-draft athletic tests — and, oh yeah, was also the centerpiece of one of the most shocking, bizarre and just downright weird sports scandals of all time

You probably remember it well, but here are the broad details:

While Te'o starred for Notre Dame this past season, it was reported that he was playing with a heavy heart while mourning Lennay Kekua, a beautiful woman he'd met through a friend and then began long-distance dating until she contracted leukemia then died in a car crash. Te'o gave emotional interviews about Kekua. The story spread far and wide, becoming the stuff of college sports legend Read more...