Saturday, January 11, 2014
Mizzou football star Dorial Green-Beckham booked, then released from Greene County Jail
According to the Greene County Sheriff's Department website, he was in custody but has not been charged. He was released from jail a short time later. Springfield Police say the 20-year-old student was one of three in a vehicle pulled over near Jefferson and Sunshine. University of Missouri sophomore wide receiver and Springfield Hillcrest High School graduate Dorial Green-Beckham was booked in the Greene County jail overnight for suspicion of felony drug possession.
Green-Beckham was suspended from the team for one game in October of 2012 after being arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Charges were later dropped.
Green-Beckham is coming off a breakout season in which he earned 2nd team All-Southeastern Conference honors registering a team high 59 catches, 883 yards and 12 touchdowns. He was one of the country's top high school recruits in the Class of 2012.