Maurice Clarett: I took paycut from college to pros

Maurice Clarett only spent one year at Ohio State as a member of their football team, but he sure did make it count.The former Buckeye running back was said to be living a life of luxury during his brief stint at OSU. This according to Monte Burke in his book 4th & Goal: One Man's Quest to Recapture His Dream.Deadspin published an excerpt of the book in which further details Clarett's college life:"Away from class, anything you can think of I did in my 13 months at Ohio State." Drugs and women were two of the things. Cars were another?he owned three of them at a time, including a brand-new Cadillac and Lexus. "I was living the NFL life in college," he says. "I got paid more in college than I do now in the UFL."Wait, what?A dark cloud already hangs over the program because of a separate incident involving a tattoo scandal. Ohio State was placed on 3-years probation and received a bowl ban for the 2012 season in punishment for that situation. ...

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