Robert Nkemdiche: Character Issues Overblown?
 

Matt Miller
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I've been told to find a place for Robert Nkemdiche in round 1. Maybe even top 20. Some teams very comfortable with him.
8:48 AM - 25 Apr 2016
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Remember, Dorsey was at this guys Pro Day (the only one he attended). I wouldn't doubt it if we're one of those teams.

Side note: Matt Miller has been saying he isn't a 1st rounder for quite a while now (went as far as to guaranteeing it), so for him to report this there has to be something to it.

I wouldn't be upset if the Browns drafted him at 8.

Not a fan.

Talented player, but also shows periods of questionable effort and word is football may not be all that important to him. This dude will look to get paid then coast....

Jumps out of windows when high. So for those saying Nkemdiche is another case just like Marcus Peters' - you are nuts.

In December, the former No. 1 overall prospect fell from a fourth-floor window of an Atlanta hotel and was subsequently charged with marijuana possession. During a combine media session, Nkemdiche admitted to being drunk during the incident but denied marijuana use. Then, oddly enough, Nkemdiche said teammate and potential No. 1 overall pick Laremy Tunsil was in the hotel room with him that night.
Nkemdiche, a potential first-rounder, seems to concern scouts more than Bosa, but less than Spence, due in part to his apparent honesty during the interview process.
“When you sit and talk to the kid, you say, ‘Okay, he does want to be really great,’ ” said one evaluator. “I believe him when he’s talking. I’m sure he’s been coached up—they’ve all been coached up—but I never felt like this kid was bulls---ing us.


The major concern shared by four coaching and scouting sources who have studied Nkemdiche is Robert’s older brother, Denzel, a former reserve linebacker at Ole Miss. Denzel was hospitalized twice in 2015 after being found unresponsive. Ole Miss called it a “personal matter.” Nkemdiche has assured multiple NFL teams during interviews that his brother will not be joining him at his NFL destination.
“People are worried about the brother,” said one evaluator. “That’s the biggest fear. How do you say no to family? People so easily say it should be easy decision because there’s a lot of money at stake. Well, you don’t throw away 20 years of brotherhood.”
Said another scout: “The bottom line with him is people around him enabling him, not a lot of real trouble. The public opinion on him is a little harder than it should be. There’s some smoke here but no big fire.”

This is from a seperate article about how scouts view some of the character red flag prospects.


http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/03/17/n...bert-nkemdiche

I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict this young gents nickname come next season, "The Black Panther!"
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-...ookie-contract

Way overblown. I hope like hell the Buccaneers pick him at 9 if Myles Jack isn't available.

I'm hoping he falls to us!