Why Duke was kicked off the team....

[aTotal360]

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2015/10/duke_williams_punched_4_people.html

 

[Xenomorph]

Punched 4 ppl in a bar? Who HASN'T done that??

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[MarkDallas]

This is going to be a huge blow to Rob and the Coach. They were very high on this guy.

 

[Shmuley]

All in.

 

[RebelBruiser]

That guy has cost himself a ton of money.

He could've been a first or second rounder if he'd just put his head down and go to work for a year. Now, he's going to be a late round flyer guy more than likely.

 

[Center Z]

Maybe you guys can hepp him.

you should get on that

 

[GloryDawg]

He could've been a first or second rounder if he'd just put his head down and go to work for a year. Now, he's going to be a late round flyer guy more than likely.

Your limited to what you can make by being a rookie and your positions. All he has to do make a roster bust his *** and in a few years he will be in the money. Now he can work out all the time keeping his body fresh. NFL don't care about all this other crap if you are a good baller and he is. Hell if Charles Manson got out of jail and could catch and run the ball they sign him.

 

[patdog]

Rookie contracts are limited by when you're drafted, not your position. If Duke Williams drops from the middle of the 1st round to the middle of the 4th round because of this, he'll lose $7 million. And yes, the NFL does care about character, especially in the draft. If anything, they drop guys too much for any suspicion of a problem.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

With all of the domestic violence issues the league has had most teams don't want to take a risk on a giy with a history of violence.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

"When keepin' it Real goes Wrong." -Dave Chappell.

"I could have let it go, I could have told my buddy to just put the shades in the car, I could have behaved and focused on my future NFL money and my free College education...but I decided...to KEEP IT REAL." - Duke Williams.

 

[esplanade91]

He won't be drafted. He'll sign with someone as a UFA and receive a small signing bonus and $420,000/yr if he remains on the 53 man roster.

The former #1 overall recruit from Mizzou who was kicked off the team but spent a year working out at OU was picked in the 4th or 5th if I remember correctly and it was considered by everyone to be a bad bad pick. Duke has a lot more going against him than Green-Beckham at this point. Thought he would have been lucky to go in the 4th had he not been kicked off based on his current season. This NFL draft is looking at having the best WR class ever. Too easy to slip.

 

[patdog]

September was the first month in 4 years that no NFL player had been arrested. The streak was broken a few days ago by guess who? Dorriel Green-Beckham.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Rookie contracts are limited by when you're drafted, not your position. If Duke Williams drops from the middle of the 1st round to the middle of the 4th round because of this, he'll lose $7 million. And yes, the NFL does care about character, especially in the draft. If anything, they drop guys too much for any suspicion of a problem.

Agree. I do agree that the real money is in the second contract, which is why I say it's almost always best to leave early, unless you know you can dramatically improve your stock.

Duke Williams reminds me a bit of Greg Hardy. Hardy was a first round talent. That was pretty clear all along. He could've been a first rounder if he'd have stayed out of trouble and kept his head down. Instead he went in the 6th solely based on off field stuff. The Panthers took a flyer because he was good enough, but that flyer wasn't taken until the 6th. Obviously, he made himself some money in the league, but he cost himself a good bit up front...and what do you know, he's still costing himself money with behavioral issues.

Williams is likely going to be the same way. He's cost himself some draft and first contract money already. Barring a change in attitude, he'll cost himself more money down the line too.

 

[amcdan2000]

So whose leading arrest total? Arkansas still?