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Watch: ESPN panel goes off on controversial Jaguars pick Westbrook

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The Jacksonville Jaguars selected wide receiver Dede Westbrook in the fourth round of the draft Saturday. It wasn't something ESPN's draft panelists seemed very happy about.

There's no doubt Westbrook is a very good football player - he was a Heisman Trophy finalist - but he's also had multiple arrests on family violence complaints.

Before he joined Oklahoma, he was arrested on the accusation of throwing the mother of his two children to the ground in 2012. In 2013, he was accused of biting the same woman's arm and punching her.

ESPN's Todd McShay noted Westbrook is the only player he's ever heard of being thrown out of a 15-minute interview at the scouting combine.

It seems the panelists aren't alone in their opinion, with an AFC scout telling The MMQB's Albert Breer that Westbrook is "a degenerate."

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