Former Columbia football star Marcellus Wiley discusses student protests: 'I'm disgusted'

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Former NFL defensive end Marcellus Wiley said he is "disgusted" by the events taking place at Columbia University. 

Wiley, who played college football at Columbia, recently joined Dan Dakich on OutKick's "Don't @ Me" to address the ongoing protests at the Ivy League university. Similar demonstrations have been happening at college campuses across the U.S. in recent weeks.

"I'm disgusted," Wiley began. "I don't pick the political side… it doesn't matter what side you are politically on this one. You don't have the right to protest and be unruly. Now peacefully protest, go do it."

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Marcellus Wiley #75 of the Dallas Cowboys looks on during a NFL football game against the Washington Redskins on September 27, 2004 at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.  (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Wiley argued that protesting was not the "end all be all."

"I talk to these kids and I know my foundation, Project Transition, I'm always in the community and talking to these kids… half these kids don't even know why they out there protesting. It's unreal… like it's insane." Wiley told Dakich. "And the ones that do know also know that this is not the end all be all. There are other steps and measures you must take beyond protesting."

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The former Buffalo Bills defender added that students' actions could impact their future.

"So I don't know why these kids are going to this extent… creating encampments, destroying their university, their property, their reputation, because when you leave people ask ‘Where did you go to school?’