Oklahoma Football Suspends Fifth Player During Offseason

It has been a tough offseason for the Oklahoma Sooners and it got even tougher on Friday when Stacy McGee was suspended indefinitely. The defensive tackle violated university policy, not team policy, and will be out until head coach Bob Stoops and the university say otherwise.

Four players were suspended indefinitely earlier this summer for a violation of team rules and later on, one of those four (Kameel Jackson) was dismissed from the team. Now McGee makes it five Sooners to be suspended this offseason.

Oklahoma’s wide receiving corps has take a few hits this offseason, including the dismissal of Kameel Jackson on Saturday, but after a multiple losses they finally added some depth. Former Penn State wide receiver Justin Brown is transferring to Oklahoma, according to a report from ESPN’s Joe Schad.

Brown’s arrival will be a big boost for Oklahoma who will also be without incoming wide reciever Courtney Gardner, who will grayshirt this season.

The dismissal marks the end of a tumultuous offseason for Jackson and the Sooners. Jackson was one of four players suspended indefinitely in May for a violation of team rules. On Twitter, Jackson said the suspension was due to his, “failure to meet my class attendance policy.”

Following the suspension Jackson announced he was planning to transfer to Texas A&M although he later decided to stay at Oklahoma. Earlier this week, Stoops said he would review Jackson’s suspension now that the receiver completed summer classes.

Earlier in the week, Brown described the OU contact as light, but obviously urgency is ramping up here.

Brown, a senior and former four-star recruit, stands 6’3 and 209 pounds, ranking second on PSU’s receiving list last year with 35 catches for 517 yards. He would solve the experience problem for Oklahoma, whose receiving corps has been rocked by all manner of affliction, having played in 36 career games.

Penn State receiver Justin Brown says he’s been in touch with OU, but “not that much contact.” Brown, a senior and former four-star recruit, stands 6’3 and 209 pounds, ranking second on PSU’s receiving list last year with 35 catches for 517 yards. He would solve the experience problem for Oklahoma, having played in 36 career games.

But Brown tells Sooner Scoop rumors of his impending transfer aren’t true “as of now.” Despite possibly losing something like seven players already, Penn State’s offense remains in steady shape for the time being.

Bob Stoops did say that a final decision on Reynolds status will come later this week.

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Four important Oklahoma Sooner players may never suit up for the school again, nearly a month after they were suspended for violating team rules.

Stoops continued to say that the four players’ future with the football program is still up in the air, and that’s bad news for Sooners fans.

And Thursday, Jackson announced he’s staying and explained why he was suspended (via Land Thieves):

Jackson played in 11 games as a true freshman, starting two, and caught 12 passes for 165 yards. He was contending for a starting spot as a sophomore, but he was passed on the depth chart by spring phenom Trey Metoyer. Jackson did not play in the spring game, which preceded rumors regarding his homesickness. (He’s from Arlington, Texas.)

Jordan Esco of Crimson and Cream Machine takes a look at the recruiting implications of the recent Oklahoma receiver suspensions.

Make sure to head over to CC Machine to see the rest of the potential recruiting changes resulting from the suspensions in Norman.

While they’ll have to sit out 2012, each is an intriguing prospect. The 5’9 Saunders posted 1,156 yards from scrimmage and 14 touchdowns as a sophomore, posting a ridiculous 21.3 yards-per-catch average. That’s second in the country to only Stephen Hill. Oklahoma’s receiving corps is perhaps already the deepest in the country, so adding a tiny long bomb threat could be terrifying. The only catch: he doesn’t want to play in the slot, despite being small. That’s why he’s leaving Fresno, in fact.

Johnson doesn’t boast quite those numbers, but was in the running for a starting job this year before following Mike Stoops from Arizona. He played in eight games as a freshman.