Bucs GM We spoke with over 75 people vetting Jameis Winston

Bucs GM We spoke with over 75 people vetting Jameis Winston

The is only a few days away and people around the league appear quite confident that the will make Florida State quarterback the No. 1 overall selection.While that selection has been likely for months now, new details in the ' vetting of the Heisman Dale Murphy Jersey Trophy winner seem to confirm the fact that the team has done its homework on Winston and is comfortable with making him the new face of the franchise., general manager Jason Licht told the paper thatteam officials spoke to upwards of 75 people in order to determine just who Winston is off the field."Maybe 25 years from now I'll write a book," Licht told the Tampa Bay Times. "We are not going to talk about the proce s. All I'll tell you is that the Glazer family, the head coach, the general manager, our staffs, we all couldn't feel more confident about the proce s we have gone through."The Tribune reports that it determined the spoke to a number of Winston's family members, friends, teammates, former high school coaches, former college coaches and Deion Sanders Jersey even an a sistant state attorney. Naturally, the big off-field incidents were a focal point in their research on the quarterback -- a shoplifting incident, an alleged sexual a sault -- but there was plenty of other aspects regarding Winston's character that the dived into as well.Perhaps the John Smoltz Jersey most interesting nugget the Tampa Bay Times reported is that the spoke to an attorney in the Tallaha see State Attorney's office."He asked about our investigation, but more specifically they were interested in knowing if there were any reports of, or additional information in reference to, a second victim," Georgia Cappleman said. "I advised them that there was another woman who received some counseling services from Florida Orlando Cepeda Jersey State University as a result of an encounter with Mr. Winston that was of a sexual nature."Cappleman added that she told team officials that she doubts the second woman, who's story surfaced in , would be a problem going forward as she "doesn't even consider herself a victim," Cappleman told the Tampa Bay Times.The team also spent plenty of time with Winston during the pre-draft proce s to get his side of the stories and worked him out extensively as Hank Aaron Jersey well. Team officials did the same with Oregon quarterback as well, including a similar extensive vetting off the field.Through it all, it seems to add up to Winston's name being the first called out by the commi sioner on Thursday night."We feel very confident in the amount of work that we've done internally," Licht added. "And we've had work done externally through third parties and on and on. There have been no surprises."You can follow Bryan Fischer on Twitter at .

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