Dorial Green-Beckham, former Missouri WR, will enter 2015 NFL Draft

Some interesting 2015 NFL Draft news coming out today:

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

Dorial Green-Beckham is the former high school receiver from Springfield who went to Missouri and briefly Oklahoma (where he did not play). At 6'6 and 225 pounds, he is a physical freak. Coming out of high school, he was considered by some people to be the best receiver prospect since Randy Moss. I remember watching a nationally televised high school game where he dominated the opponent. He had his moments in his two years at Missouri where he had 87 receptions over two years, including 17 touchdowns.

Unfortunately, there is more to the story. DGB was kicked out of Missouri after just two seasons following a couple of marijuana-related incidents as well as an accusation in a domestic dispute. He transferred to Oklahoma after the 2013 season but was forced to sit out the 2014 season due to the NCAA's transfer rules. Now he enters the draft in 2015.

I have no idea where he could go in the draft. There's little doubt his talent alone would place him in the first round but there is so much more to the story that some teams will view him different. From that standpoint, he does remind me of Randy Moss, who had questions about him leaving school which caused him to drop. I'm guessing some teams regret passing on Moss in 1998.

The Chiefs obviously have a need at receiver, a position that needs to be overhauled in 2015. This one would require some more investigating because if you draft a player like that, you want to make sure he can stay on the field.

The Chiefs former PR dude Pete Moris, who is now at Oklahoma, had this to say:

To my @NFL pals: I can only speak on Green-Beckham's time at OU. Freak athlete, worked his tail off on scout team & in weight room

— Pete Moris (@PeteMoris) January 6, 2015