Quote:He didn't say not to draft him at all, he said don't use something like a 4th round pick or later to take him, because he wouldn't sign. I would have been perfectly happy spending our 1st rounder on him. He's who I wanted anyway.

This is correct.

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/lael-coll...oys-2015-5

 

I will say I understand teams bypassing him in the draft.  Not from a talent perspective.  Talent wise, he was clearly a first round caliber talent.

 

It's just that his name being linked to a murder investigation that soon before the draft had PR nightmare written all over it.

 

Had a team pulled the trigger on a first round selection for him, and he was named a suspect and actually charged, even the most established GM would have a hard time justifying the pick.

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