Oklahoma receiver Dede Westbrook is doing what he can to
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Nate Allen Jersey got in some trouble and I did some things as well, but I was never convicted of anything. Like, I've been to jail, but all the charges (were) dropped. I have no pending charges or anything. So, I think I'm just like you."Mixon was convicted for punching a woman at a deli in 2014. He served community service and was suspended from the football team for a year.Westbrookwas arrested twice on family violence charges before enrolling at Oklahoma, but because he wasn't convicted he wasn't banned from the Combine.According to
Nat Moore Jersey Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, a background check of Westbrook didn't show the arrests.