Missouri Tigers: Mizzou at the NFL Combine

Dec 7, 2013; Atlanta, GA, USA; Missouri Tigers wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham (right) celebrates his touchdown reception against the Auburn Tigers during the first quarter of the 2013 SEC Championship game at Georgia Dome. Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

A controversial character for many reasons, Dorial Green-Beckham comes in as Missouri’s #2 prospect going into the combine. While Green-Beckham was last enrolled at Oklahoma, he never played a game for the Sooners, so he is listed as a prospect from Missouri for the combine. 

Green-Beckham appears to be a boom-or-bust player on the next level. At Missouri, he showed flashes of greatness. Coming out of high school, he was the #1 recruit in the country. As far as his abilities on-field, there were never any issues.

Green-Beckham’s real problems begin with the off-field issues. He has been arrested multiple times for marijuana possession, which lead to him getting kicked off the Tigers’ team. However, Green-Beckham said that those issues were behind him.

“All the decisions I made, I wish I could take them back,” he said to Joan Niesen of SI.com. “It happened. I was young. I made mistakes. I understand that.”

The other problem with Dorial Green-Beckham is that he only has two seasons of play in college football, and only his sophomore year can be considered dominant.

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Will NFL teams be able to look past those mistakes? Green-Beckham has been at the combine for one day so far and has been drawing size comparisons to Calvin Johnson. I’m sure they’ll have no problems.

ESPN’s scouting report takes a closer look at his abilities and issues.

"(On his Big Play Ability) Huge target vertically and in red zone, he is tall with long arms and good leaping ability. Also displays excellent fluidity and ability to adjust to ball while in air.   (On his Competitiveness) Shows no fear working middle of the field. Highly competitive runner after catch and when ball is in air."

Projected Draft Round: Late 1st Round Pick

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