Dorial Green-Beckham’s NCAA appeal held up by Missouri
The Oklahoma Sooners are hopeful former Missouri wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham will be eligible to play this season after transferring this offseason, but the NCAA is still waiting to receive paperwork from the Tigers.
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Green-Beckham was dismissed from Missouri during the spring after a burglary investigation and reports he injured his girlfriend in the incident. No charges were filed, but the damage had already been done by the former top recruit who has also had a number of marijuana-related offenses in his first 2.5 years in Columbia.
The NCAA rule requires transfers from one FBS program to another FBS program must sit out a season, but immediate eligibility can be granted in the event of a hardship, such as a player transferring closer to home to be near a sick parent of relative.
Green-Beckham’s appeal will have no hardship factor in play, unless of course his appeal makes him out to be the victim for being dismissed despite zero charges being handed his way and he was unfairly dismissed.
Chances of seeing Green-Beckham catching passes from Trevor Knight in an Oklahoma uniform this season are about as great as completing a Hail Mary pass and it remains to be seen if Green-Beckham will ever play a down for Oklahoma considering he will be eligible for the NFL Draft this spring.
He has 59 receptions for 883 yards and 12 touchdowns last year for Missouri and likely would have been a first-team All-SEC performer and All-American candidate if he were still at the defending SEC east champion.