Mizzou’s Dorial Green-Beckham arrested and suspended, along with 2 teammates

Green-Beckham, Boozer and Copelin were all arrested and charged with possessing 35 or less grams of marijuana after a campus police officer smelled marijuana on them after approaching their vehicle on campus. Brantley and Holifield were also in the vehicle but weren’t arrested.

Out of the five freshmen, Green-Beckham is the only contributor to the team this season. He has seven catches for 128 yards and four rushes for 19 yards in five appearances.

Franklin, the Mizzou quarterback, will be without his most athletic weapon. DGB, the nation’s No. 1 recruit this cycle, has shown flashes in this young season, getting at least one touch in all five games so far. He scored his first touchdown last week, against UCF on an 80-yard catch-and-run. He has 147 yards on 11 total touches so far.

Behind DGB on the most recent depth chart was fellow freshman Sean Culkin, who’s also enormous (he’s 6’5, 232 pounds and was considered a tight end by many recruiting analysts), but broke his hand and was supposed to redshirt this year. The more likely bet is Bud Sasser, a sophomore with seven career catches and appearances in 12 games.

All three players were charged with possessing 35 grams or less of cannabis and released after booking. Missouri football spokesman Chad Moller said that all three will be suspended one game, immediately. Rock M Nation isn’t terribly “worked up” about this but:

Green-Beckham, a former no. 1 overall recruit, scored his first touchdown on an 80-yard reception last Saturday in a 21-16 win over Central Florida. Green-Beckham had only caught six passes for 48 yards in the team’s first four games.