Shawn Oakman indicted in sexual assault case

The former Baylor defensive end has been indicted in a sexual assault case.

Shawn Oakman was one of the more dominant defensive ends in college football last season, but still failed to match the huge expectations that come with being a 6-foot-9, 280-pound lineman.

A few weeks before the NFL Draft, in which he was not selected, Oakman was brought up on charges of sexual assault stemming from an incident with a fellow Baylor student on April 3. Today, the Waco Tribune is reporting that Oakman has been indicted on one count of sexual assault.

Oakman is Baylor’s all time sack leader, but his name has been in the news for his transgressions rather than his play on the field. Oakman was kicked out of Penn State for shoplifting and violating team rules before going to Baylor. Oakman was suspended for the first game of the 2015 season for violating team rules, which didn’t matter much because they were playing SMU.

The affidavit claims that the woman and Oakman met at a bar close to Baylor, after which they went to his residence. At Oakman’s residence, he allegedly forced her into a bedroom and forcibly removed her clothes. The woman left in the morning, but told police that she left her panties and an earring in Oakman’s residence.

It’s hard to say how Oakman’s indictment reflects on Baylor, because he was not a student at the time of the incident. However, for all of Art Briles’ bluster about making men out of boys, it seems that the men that come out of his program don’t entirely grow up.

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