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NFL scout: Jameis Winston 'a fraud,' has 'some serious issues'

Melina Vastola / USA TODAY Sports

Yet another NFL scout is giving his two cents about the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, according to NFL.com.

The scout indicated that Jameis Winston's latest blunder, which earned him a half-game suspension against Clemson, is depleting his draft stock, even if he has a couple years to clean up his act.

"It'll hurt him significantly," said the area scout, who is assigned to Florida State. "Especially with all the stuff going on in the league. This may force him to stay another year to clean up his image. He's a fraud. You can't believe anything he says, because he keeps doing the same things over and over. In my mind, there are night-and-day differences between (Johnny) Manziel's and his character concerns. Winston has some serious issues."

Another AFC college scouting director spoke up on the matter as well, making reference to the sexual assault investigation last year, from which Winston ducked charges:

"It just adds to his issues, and he's only been in college two years and a month. Lots of maturity issues, but also criminal."

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