The National Football League is about making money and winning football games. Period.
So when teams see a player like Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon, a big, fast, bull of a runner, they see a guy who can help them accomplish both of those goals … if only it wasn’t for his past transgressions.
Mixon, who checks in at a stout 6 feet 1 and 226 pounds, declared for the draft after a redshirt sophomore after a season in which he rushed for 1,274 yards and 10 touchdowns while averaging a very impressive 6.8 yards per carry.