In with the new …
The college football season is right around the corner, now less than a couple of months from officially kicking off for Missouri football. If ever there was a reminder of the current landscape of the sport, Monday marked the official introduction of Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeastern Conference, along with a barrage of movement, quite literally, from coast to coast.
As the SEC gets bigger and, presumably, tougher, good work in the transfer portal gets all the more important. Missouri football had a busy couple windows, securing commitments from 15 players for the new season.
Here are three transfers who may have flown a little under the radar but could be vitally important to Mizzou’s success in the 2024 campaign, when a spot in the expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff appears to be an attainable ambition for Eli Drinkwitz’s Tigers.
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Marcus Bryant, left tackle
The Missouri offense’s success is in no small part going to be dictated by the performances of its potential new left tackle, Marcus Bryant.
Good news, at least in preseason: This was about as promising a transfer at the position as there was available.
Bryant stands a stout 6 foot 8, 318 pounds. He was a first-team All-AAC selection last season with SMU. Although it’s not a perfect stat of O-Line efficiency, the Mustangs allowed just 16 sacks in 14 games last season — a rate good for No. 13 in the FBS.
Now, Bryant is tasked with protecting quarterback Brady Cook’s blind side.
Outgoing Mizzou left tackle Javon Foster was a first-team All-SEC selection in his final year, before being picked by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of this year’s NFL Draft. He was a mountain in the run game, often operating as the play-side…
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Author : Columbia Daily Tribune
Publish date : 2024-07-03 09:17:10
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