Damaris Johnson would rather go pro than reform his Tulsa image

Add Tulsa's Damaris Johnson to the growing list of players that would rather seek other options than face the repercussions of a suspension. Johnson, the NCAA leader in career all-purpose yardage, has decided to leave school and look for opportunity in the NFL. Johnson withdrew from school in December and didn't enroll for the spring semester. It is believed he his back in his home state of Louisiana. "It looks like he made the decision to try to throw his lot in with the NFL and see what happens," Tulsa coach Bill Blankenship told the Tulsa World. "It was my hope that he would want to stick around and work his way back onto the field and make things better for himself." Johnson was suspended from Tulsa back in August after pleading guilty to felony embezzling with his girlfriend, Chamon Jones. The two received a one-year deferred sentence for embezzling $2,610.67 worth of merchandise between Aug. 20 and 25 from a Macy's department store where Jones w...