Stoops: DGB will enter NFL Draft

Hillcrest High School graduate Dorial Green-Beckham won't play a down of football for the Oklahoma Sooners. He intends to enter the 2015 NFL draft.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops stated during an end-of-season press conference Tuesday morning that Green-Beckham planned to leave the Sooners in favor of declaring himself eligible for the draft.

"I knew that was something that could happen," Stoops said. "I believed in him as a young man, he had great character through here, did well in his classes, he was the scout team player of the week half the weeks, he really worked hard for us."

Green-Beckham, the ex-Hornet wide receiver who was the nation's consensus top-ranked recruit coming out of high school, transferred to Oklahoma after being dismissed by Missouri in April 2014 after several run-ins with the law during his two years at the school.

NCAA rules require players to sit out a season when they transfer from one FBS school to another, but Oklahoma requested a waiver to allow Green-Beckham to play this season on the grounds he was "run-off" the team at Missouri. The NCAA denied the waiver request.

At Missouri, Green-Beckham showed flashes of dominance, including a 2013 season when he caught 59 passes for 883 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also had several off-field incidents.

He was charged in October 2012 with marijuana possession, and later pleaded guilty to trespassing.

The last incident was an investigation into a suspected burglary of a Columbia residence, though Green-Beckham was neither arrested nor charged.

Stoops says Green-Beckham displayed good character in his time at Oklahoma.

"Hopefully he'll go forward and have a great career," Stoops said.