OU football suspends Daniel Parker indefinitely after emergency protective order filed
NORMAN — An emergency protective order has been granted against OU tight end Daniel Parker Jr. after an alleged incident earlier this month involving a live-in girlfriend.
A hearing on the protective order is scheduled for Tuesday in Cleveland County.
The woman said in her petition for the order that Parker woke her up on the afternoon of Nov. 13 — the day after the Sooners lost at West Virginia — telling her to get out.
During the subsequent argument, Parker struck the woman, she alleged, and eventually she left the residence.
After she called police from a friend’s house, she was escorted back to retrieve her belongings, but Parker was no longer at the residence, according to the petition.
No charges have been filed.
Parker had four catches for 28 yards, but hadn’t had a catch since the Sooners’ Oct. 1 loss to TCU.
After missing the opener, Parker had two catches for 21 yards against Kent State.
He made his first start of the season Nov. 12 at West Virginia.
But Parker was not dressed out and did not go through Senior Day ceremonies in Saturday’s Bedlam matchup.
Over the offseason, he transferred from Missouri, where he began his career playing for current Sooners tight end coach Joe Jon Finley.
He had four receiving touchdowns during his four seasons with the Tigers.
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