Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin "epitomized the climate" of player entitlement under coach Urban Meyer at the University of Florida, according to a Sporting News report via Jeremy Fowler of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Harvin, who played for the Gators from 2006-08, reportedly was one of three players who missed the 2008 season opener after allegedly failing drug tests for marijuana - penalties dictated by university policy - although Meyer publicly blamed an injury for Harvin's absence. Harvin also refused to run stadium steps with the rest of the team during offseason conditioning before the 2007 season and once allegedly threw wide receivers coach Billy Gonzales to the ground by his neck. Harvin reportedly wasn't punished for either of those incidents, according to the report, and was treated differently as a member of Meyer's "Circle of Trust." Harvin told strength and conditioning coaches while boycotting stadium runs, "this (expletive) ends now," according to the report, and the team played basketball as conditioning the next day. Source: The Redzone
He's done a good job turning it around. By all accounts he is now one of the hardest workers on the Vikings and was also the first one to show up after the lockout ended.
