This is only Mixon’s second season in an Oklahoma uniform as an active player. An off the field incident that occurred his true freshman year cost him a year-long suspension and still taints his superlative accomplishments on the football field.
In late July 2014, Mixon was accused of assaulting and seriously injuring a University of Oklahoma female student. The prized, five-star recruit later plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge, but without admission of guilt, and was given a one-year deferred sentence, required to complete 100 hours of community service and behavior counseling.
Over two years later, the incident still casts a gray cloud around the star performer because of a continuing legal battle over the public release of a surveillance video associated with the case.