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

Hopefully he can stay out of trouble and get his career back on track. After incidents involving marijuana and an altercation with his girlfriend DGB was kicked off Mizzou’s squad and thought about sitting out for the 2015 draft. Maybe the structure of Bob Stoops program is what he needs right now.

#Sooners head coach @OU_CoachStoops has announced the addition of Dorial Green-Beckham: http://t.co/CvDpRgcgIF pic.twitter.com/MRlOO9gzSp

— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) July 3, 2014

If Green-Beckham transfers he can play immediately. It is a possibility that he may not be up for another long college season and physically may not want to run the risk of injury. Therefore reports of him skipping out on the season are not too crazy:

Sources from FCS-level Eastern Illinois — where Green-Beckham was rumored to play next year – said the Panthers have not had contact with Green-Beckham and have been led to believe he’s leaning toward sitting in 2014.

As of earlier this month, the receiver hadn’t been released from Mizzou, which has been unable to discuss details of Green-Beckham’s enrollment, according to spokesman Chad Moller, because of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Efforts to reach Green-Beckham or his family have been unsuccessful.

As you know I am a big fan of college players getting their money as soon as possible but this is a unique case. Dorial has been in trouble multiple times and he hasn’t exactly set the world on fire after being the #1 high school recruit in 2012.

A good, quiet, stat-padded season in the FCS could really help him regain some positive draft momentum. Off talent alone Dorial is worth a 5th-7th round pick. If he comes back with his mind right the 6’6 220 receiver could easily find himself in the first two rounds.