STILLWATER — Dee Mitchell thought he was simply taking a safety evaluation Sunday evening in a back room of Walmart. He was even sneaking in a Zoom with his Oklahoma State teammates.
Suddenly, his manager rushed in saying he needed to clean up a mess outside right away.
Instead, Cowboys coach Mike Boynton and his staff were waiting with a laptop featuring Mitchell’s teammates on Zoom, camera crew and some huge news.
Mitchell was no longer just a walk-on. He had earned a scholarship.
Mitchell was immediately overwhelmed with emotion in a video that went viral by Monday morning, making the rounds on social media and even appearing on NBC’s “Today.