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Pat McAfee gets 'random' drug test after huge punt

Posted at 7:55 AM, Aug 16, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-16 15:49:52-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- Two days after a highlight-worthy punt, the NFL sent Colts punter Pat McAfee a notice that he's been selected for a "random" drug test.

That's not us putting the quotation marks, it's McAfee.

OK, and a little bit us. 

In the second quarter of Saturday's preseason game against the Buffalo Bills, McAfee blasted a 67-yard punt, forcing the returner to back up, and up, and up. 

Watch the punt here.

This isn't the first convenient drug test McAfee has faced in the NFL.

Last season, McAfee laid a monster hiton Broncos kick returner Trindon Holliday. The next day, you guessed it. 

More recently, and perhaps more entertainingly, McAfee tweeted a joke on April 20, AKA 4/20

The next day? Another "random" test.

To McAfee's credit, he's always taken them in stride. 

On Monday, he said he takes the test as a compliment for his "cannon that rings some alarms."