Several teams have looked at Texas Longhorns defensive tackle T'Vondre Sweat as a possible draftee heading into this month's NFL Draft.
But are we finding out now that Sweat might have some character issues? Is a "party animal" and "class clown" a guy that should fall in the draft? Probably not. Yet, that's the way draft analyst Dane Brugler described Sweat.
Sweat has drawn interest from several teams and was projected by Brugler to be a fourth-round pick, while others have him graded as the No. 1 1-technique defensive tackle in the draft this season.
While there are usually a handful of draftees that fall in the draft due to sketchy or questionable backgrounds, or sometimes bad interviews with teams, it's not always an indication of how they'll turn out in the pros.
Two examples come to mind, Warren Sapp and Randy Moss.
Warren Sapp was shunned in the draft by some teams because of a history of marijuana use in college. He slipped to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995 to No. 12, where he was taken and spent nine Hall of Fame seasons before moving to the Raiders in 2004 where he put in another clean four seasons.
Moss slipped all the way to No. 21 in 1998 where the Minnesota Vikings picked him. The former Marshall product had behavioral issues in high school and was denied enrollment by Notre Dame, kicked off the team at Florida State before enrolling at Marshall, where he had a stellar college career.
Is a "party animal" and "class clown" a bad guy? Not necessarily, and sometimes those labels are overblown.
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