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Report: Atlanta Falcons Coach Asked CB Prospect Eli Apple If He Was Gay

By: Evan Jankens
@kingofthekc

While the top NFL prospects were meeting with the NFL teams and trying to impress everyone possible, former Detroit Lions DE Austen Lane tweeted about absurd questions that were asked by NFL executives.

When a scout at the combine asked me... "If you could kill someone and not get caught, would you?" Was one of the questions Lane tweeted out.

Friday afternoon former Ohio State Buckeye Eli Apple says he was asked if he was gay during a meeting with the Atlanta Falcons.

According to ESPN.com:

"The Falcons coach, one of the coaches, was like, 'So do you like men?'" Apple told Comcast SportsNet. "It was like the first thing he asked me. It was weird. I was just like, 'No.' He was like, 'If you're going to come to Atlanta, sometimes that's how it is around here. You're going to have to get used to it.'

Falcons head coach Dan Quinn released a statement:

"I am really disappointed in the question that was asked by one of our coaches," Quinn said. "I have spoken to the coach that interviewed Eli Apple and explained to him how inappropriate and unprofessional this was. I have reiterated this to the entire coaching staff and I want to apologize to Eli for this even coming up. This is not what the Atlanta Falcons are about and it is not how we are going to conduct ourselves."

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