Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon will be drafted, and probably drafted early. Despite a 2014 incident in which he punched a woman, he’s too talented to slip that far in the draft.
But he won’t be going to the New England Patriots.
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The Boston Herald, citing sources, said Mixon is off the Patriots’ draft board.
“While I believe in second chances and giving players an opportunity for redemption, I also believe that playing in the NFL is a privilege, not a right,” Patriots owner Robert Kraft told the Herald, without specifically citing Mixon.