We meet the marketing people behind promoting the Oakland Raiders' new running back Darren McFadden. We also talk to Darren's Mom -- all at the NFL Draft.

Agent Ian Greengross On The Thursday Before the Draft talks about character and the chance of a holdout should the Raiders draft McFadden.



Agent Greengross after the Raiders pick McFadden and McFadden Press Conference



Darren McFadden Interview after press conference

I talked with Chicago-based NFL Agent Ian Greengross about his client Darren McFadden's perceived character issue and the chance that if the Oakland Raiders drafted him, he may holdout given their revenue problems. Greengross said that in all of this years as an NFL agent, none of his clients have missed training camp.

Arkansas Running Back Darren McFadden is suffering from Pac-Man Jones disease. Because of Jones' off the field problems, and McFadden's similar night club battles, some observers think Jones isnt' even a Top-20 pick.

Why?

According to his Wikipedia listing, McFadden.." is the most decorated player in school history, and holds virtually all of the universities rushing records, and is also in a number of the SEC's all-time top 10 rushing spots. After Arkansas lost 38-7 to Missouri (and fellow 2007 Heisman finalist QB Chase Daniel) in the January 1, 2008 Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, "

But...

According to a police report, McFadden was involved in a disturbance at 4:20 a.m. Saturday at Palace the Club, a private club in Little Rock. When officers arrived, a fight was taking place in the parking lot while a crowd watched. McFadden told officers he didn't know the person he was fighting with, the report said.

Roy Millsap, the club's manager, wasn't there Friday night, but he talked with security guards who were. Millsap told The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that McFadden was never inside the club before the incident.

Millsap said McFadden was arguing with people outside, and security guards "tried and tried to get (McFadden) to leave and he wouldn't do it. And he ended up getting into a fight with these people."

Security guards said another man tried to steal a car belonging to either McFadden or a relative, but McFadden caught him.

"Darren was kicking and kicking at him and his shoe came off and his foot hit the pavement," Millsap said.

The other man in the fight fled when police arrived, according to a security guard.

Sgt. James Lesher of the Little Rock Police Department said that while the fight was going on, someone stole the car McFadden's stepbrother was driving.

"Apparently it was a mess," Lesher told the Associated Press. "It looks like they had a crowd control problem as well during all of this. And of course during the fight, they had left the car running with the keys in it, and somebody jumped in and took off."

Lesher said the car was found later in the morning. He said nobody was arrested, and although the investigation of the stolen car continues, he doesn't expect McFadden to be charged in connection with the fight.

"There probably will not be anything else with that," Lesher said.

This incident is causing McFadden's stock to fall, but it's not just the matter itself, it's also the perception that McFadden's not giving answers that make people comfortable. Also, there's the looming spectre of the Pacman Jones case and perceived character problems with the NFL's great defensive back who also has a record of nightclub issues to his discredit.

Stay tuned here.