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Robert Nkemdiche suspended for Sugar Bowl, will declare for NFL Draft

Big Rob appears bound for the NFL Draft, which means his career as a Rebel is likely over.

It appears that Robert Nkemdiche's Ole Miss career is over. Ben Garrett of Scout.com is reporting that Nkemdiche won't play in the Sugar Bowl and is instead "headed to Miami [on Sunday] for some down time with his brother, Bryan, before draft prep." If that's true, that means Nkemdiche has made the decision to declare for the 2016 NFL Draft.

That, of course, comes as zero surprise to anyone. There were some that suggested Nkemdiche's fall from a fourth-floor hotel window and subsequent weed possession charge might drop his stock low enough that he'd consider coming back for his senior year for some image refurbishing, but that was always a pipe dream.