Oklahoma performs background checks on potential recruits, including Oklahoma WR Dede Westbrook, Sooners coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday at a press conference.
Stoops' statement came two days after it was revealed by the Tulsa World that Westbrook was twice arrested and once charged in family violence incidents before being recruited by Oklahoma in 2012-13.
Westbrook was accused of throwing the mother of his two children to the ground in 2012 and biting the same woman's arm and punching her with a closed fist in 2013, according to police reports. He was never convicted in either incident, however.