Dolphins draft bust Dion Jordan will miss 2015 with another suspension

The 2013 NFL draft is already looking like a fairly lame draft, in historical terms, but it does appear there was an all-time bust taken at No. 3.

The Miami Dolphins traded up to the third pick just two years ago to take Oregon defensive end/linebacker Dion Jordan. And through two years Jordan as many NFL suspensions (three) as NFL sacks (three) after it was reported that Jordan was suspended for all of 2015 by the NFL for violating the substance-abuse policy. He won't appeal, ESPN's Adam Schefter said.

Jordan's suspension is due to a diluted sample, Schefter said. That counts the same as a failed test. That Jordan won't even appeal is probably a little telling.

Jordan had two suspensions last year. The first was for violating the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy. The second was for violating the substance-abuse policy. Here was Jordan's statement for the second suspension:

Schefter said the Philadelphia Eagles were trying to trade for Jordan (who else but former Oregon coach Chip Kelly would be interested?), but the suspension obviously ends that.

Jordan hadn't played well when he was on the field. Last year, in Miami's last eight games, he started just once and had just one sack. He's just 25 and it's not impossible for him to turn things around, but it's really not looking good. It's a sad tale considering all he went through to become the third pick of the draft:

Now, as the NFL prepares to welcome in a new draft class, Jordan will be a cautionary tale for teams looking into picking players who have some off-field red flags.

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