Dorial Green-Beckham Declares for the NFL Draft

After a tumultuous college career Dorial Green-Beckham had decided he’s had enough. The talented receiver of Missouri/Oklahoma has thrown his name in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Just in case you forgot, Beckham transferred from Mizzou to Oklahoma after getting in legal troubles for weed and alleged domestic violence. Dorial sat out all of 2014 after transferring to Oklahoma. So where does he fit in the grand scheme of the draft?

After the boom & bust success of oft-troubled receivers like Josh Gordon I think there is room for Dorial on the next level but definitely not with a first round pick. I would not use a first round/top 44 pick on him due to the risk (my definition of the first round extends to the second round pick 12.)

I know he and Josh Gordon are two separate people in two different bodies with two different skill-sets. However I feel like we were just having this conversation comparing Gordon to Brandon Marshall and look where that got the Browns. Green-Beckham is in that big receiver mold of Marshall or an Alshon Jeffrey but the risk may be too great to waste the selection on him, especially since there is no telling where his mind is at a year and some change away from football.

All in all I’d use a 5th round pick to bring him in and see where he’s at.

Bob Stoops said Dorial Green Beckham informed him a week ago that he intends to enter the NFL draft.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 6, 2015