Reports: Oklahoma TE Daniel Parker Suspended After Protective Order Filed

The senior tight end, a transfer from Missouri, did not attend Saturday's game against Oklahoma State.

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Reports: Oklahoma TE Daniel Parker Suspended After Protective Order Filed

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NORMAN — Oklahoma tight end Daniel Parker, a transfer from Missouri, has been suspended indefinitely after an emergency petition for a protective order was filed against him last week.

That’s according to multiple reports Monday in the Tulsa World and The Oklahoman.

According to court documents, the petition identifies Daniel Keith Parker Jr. as the boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman — Parker's live-in girlfriend — who has accused Parker of domestic abuse, assault and battery with a deadly weapon and stalking, per the reports.

Parker, 24, is a senior but did not attend Saturday’s game against Oklahoma State, which was Senior Night.

According to the reports, Parker’s suspension was confirmed by an OU spokesman.

The petition was filed Nov. 15.

In the petition, the woman claims that Parker woke her up in the afternoon of Nov. 13, the day after OU lost at West Virginia, and told her to get out. She claims that an argument ensued and says Parker struck her. She then went to a friend's house and called police.

As of Monday afternoon, no charges have been filed, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department. A hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 22.

This story will be updated.

Published Nov 21, 2022

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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