Tony Mitchell in more trouble

Last week, news broke that Tony Mitchell, a top 20 recruit committed to Missouri that played last season in the Dallas area, would not be graduating with the rest of his high school class.

The credits he accrued from his previous school didn't transfer to Pinkston, where he planned to attend his senior year. Pinkston allowed him to take nine tests over the course of two days to earn the core credits he needed to be considered a senior, with five coming over the span of a couple hours.

Sounds fishy, right?

Well, yesterday it got worse. From WFAA in Dallas:

Mitchell's record shows 52 days with at least one unexcused absence — roughly one-third of the school year.

From the beginning of school for the next seven months, Mitchell missed 102 classes due to unexcused absences, many of them coming immediately after his basketball season ended the second week of March.

Yet Mitchell continued to play for Pinkston, and — up until a few weeks ago — News 8 has confirmed Principal Norma Villegas was working with Mitchell in preparation for graduation.

What's more, a student may be declared truant after 10 or more days of unexcused absences within a six-month period, or if there are three unexcused absences in one month.

Something doesn't seem right here. Missouri may want to start preparing to play the season without Mitchell.