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Packers definitely have interest in Mixon.  Ted likes to save those prospect visits to Green Bay for undrafted candidates but he used one of them on Mixon.  Good chance that both Thompson and the area scout like Mixon so they brought him to Green Bay to meet with Murphy and some of the other front office folks so he could be properly vetted by the team's top brass.

The Packer's won't pick him in round one but I wouldn't rule out #61.

He looks damn good on the Pro Football Focus running back table.  #1 breakaway percentage and #1 receiving grade.  #19 blocking grade.  Complete back at 228 pounds.  The media pissed their collective pants when Foreman ran a 4.45 at 234 pounds at his pro day...Mixon ran a 4.43 at 228 pounds at his pro day...not really that big of a difference.

All that said, I'd have him on my board but probably not until #134 and that would be the earliest.  Character stuff matters.  But Thompson could take the viewpoint that Mixon was only 18 when it happened, it wasn't a pre-mediated act and he hasn't screwed up since outside of one incident with a meter-maid. 

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