Ricky Williams has had quite the history with marijuana, but that doesn’t mean you can make fun of him for it. The Ravens back up running back tested positive for the substance in 2004 and retired from football after facing a a $650,000 fine in December of 2003. After taking 2004 off, Williams returned to the Miami Dolphins in 2005, but failed another drug test after the season which earned him a full 16 game suspension from the NFL.
So Williams took his talents, and his weed, to Canada and played football for the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. Williams says he “found himself” throughout this process and returned to Miami in 2007 while following a strict drug test regimen by the NFL. at age 33, he rushed for 673 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 4.2 yards per carry. This offseason he became a Raven.
It’s not your average NFL player story and it’s one that Ricky doesn’t want to be made fun of about. “One of the reasons I don’t tweet much is cause the weed jokes get kinda old,” Williams tweeted yesterday.
So Ravens fans, if you want to get to know Ricky on twitter, lay off the weed jokes. They’re too easy anyway.
He was an interesting offseason pick up.
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The government’s decision to prohibit marijuana has caused a lot of unnecessary stress on otherwise law abiding citizens including ricky williams. I’m sure our political representatives would be upset if we did the same to them over their use of alcohol or marijuana, joking about it constantly anytime they speak. To ricky and many other good people that support marijuana use, marijuana is not a joke. Ricky likes pot and so does michael phelps and so does tens of millions of other responsible adults in america. The only thing between ricky and marijuana is his career. If his employer, the nfl, were ok with marijuana he’d still be puffin and meditating regardless of the current legal status.
@Cowboy
You tell ’em! I’m sure when your mom comes down to your basement apartment and smells your weed, it’s embarrassing for you, too being a 43 year old man. Does your Burger King job still do drug testing? I know you were pissed when McDonalds let you go.
Ricky , please smoke more weed and the comments and jokes will look funnier to you , I promise………….
Shut up Carl. So many successful people in the world including CEOs, authors, and others smoke weed and if they want to do that it’s really up to them. What do you know about it I doubt you’ve even tried it. Nit only fast food workers smoke. You’re being ignorant.