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Robert Nkemdiche and the ugly process of the NFL Draft

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Following his hotel room debacle, Nkemdiche has earned typical criticisms of his non-football life. Sadly, some of them may be founded.

Marijuana charges stemming from a Dec. 13 incident helped end Robert Nkemdiche's college career a game early at Ole Miss. And now, after publicly declaring for the 2016 Draft, the 6'9, 296 lbs. defensive end faces the morass of draft Internet's morality funhouse.

Highly touted prospects screwing up in advance of the draft is of course not a new phenomenon. And yet the exact degree and definition of "screwing up" is never a fixed point, since the draft is a capricious and warped sort of job interview.