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Pass rushers are always in high demand in the NFL and players with off-field red flags during their college careers often see their draft stock fall lower than their on-field production might dictate.

Both of those things are true, which makes it hard to know just where defensive end Noah Spence will fall in this month’s draft. Spence dominated at Eastern Kentucky last year, recording 22.5 tackles for losses and 11.5 sacks, but was playing at Eastern Kentucky because he was dismissed from Ohio State after positive tests for Ecstasy.

Spence explained the drug use as partying that’s in his past during the Combine and is making the rounds of teams for visits that likely include discussions of the same topic. Spence is visiting with the Saints on Thursday and Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that he spent Wednesday with the Texans. Wilson adds that Spence is scheduled to visit the Redskins to close out the week.

The Saints pick No. 12 with the Texans and Redskins at No. 20 and 21 in the first round. It’s not hard to find predictions placing Spence in the mid-late first round. Spence has also visited with the Jaguars and is unlikely to be in play with the No. 5 pick, which fits with the also plentiful predictions that he’ll be taken in the second round.