Wednesday, Mike Gundy stood at a podium inside Boone Pickens Stadium, discussing the 22 athletes he and his staff had added to the Oklahoma State football team on National Signing Day.
Not all of those players, though, had undergone a background check beyond character assessments OSU’s coaching staff performed during the recruiting process, said Brandon Meyer, OSU’s senior associate athletic director and legal counsel.
For those who haven’t been checked, the third-party service OSU recently contracted will conduct the checks before the student-athletes arrive on campus.
In December, the Tulsa World reported Oklahoma receiver Dede Westbrook was arrested twice on complaints of domestic violence before becoming a Sooner.