Report: Joe Mixon met with 4 teams ahead of Wednesday's pro day
Ben Queen / USA Today Sports
Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon may not have been invited to the combine, but it wasn't because no one wanted to evaluate him.
Despite being banned from the combine due to his assault of a woman in the summer of 2014, Mixon has drawn interest from several NFL clubs and met privately with the Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals, and Cleveland Browns on Tuesday, according to Aditi Kinkhabwala of NFL Network.
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Mixon is set to work out for NFL personnel Wednesday at Oklahoma's pro day and could reportedly be drafted as high as the second round.
Many teams reportedly were not pleased by Mixon's absence from the combine, particularly Lions general manager Bob Quinn.
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