After a Friday report suggested Auburn rescinded an offer of a preferred walk-on to C.J. Davis because of his use of cannabis oil, a source close to the situation said that had no bearing on the Tigers' decision.
According to a source who spoke to Auburn Undercover, the Tigers rescinded their offer to Davis not because he wouldn't pass NCAA-mandated drug tests — because of the THC present in the cannabis oil — but because the team physician didn't clear him after reviewing his medical records. His use of cannabis oil was reportedly not an issue with the team at the time.
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The issue, the source said, was that the medical team had concerns of a player with a pre-existing medical condition — epilepsy — playing a concussive sport like football.
Davis, a senior safety at Warner Robins (Ga.) High School has reportedly suffered epileptic seizures since he was a sophomore. He claims not to have had any seizures since starting taking prescribed cannabis oil in January.
Davis received the Auburn offer after helping Warner Robins to an appearance in the state championship game. The Tigers in recent weeks contacted his father, Curtis Harris, to tell him the team had rescinded its offer.
"You're taking something away from a kid who's worked so hard in his life to get there," Curtis Harris, said, via Macon, Ga., TV station WXGA-TV. "And you're just taking it away because he's taking a medication that's helping with his disability."
Davis is now looking at an NAIA or JUCO route to playing college football.
