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It’s speculating season.
Missouri football held its 10th practice of fall camp on Friday, when the countdown to the 2024 season moved to just 20 days. Local media was invited to observe the opening eight periods — each lasting approximately five minutes — of practice.
Most drills send the Tigers’ position groups off to their own corner of the MATC practice fields in Columbia to do their own fundamental work and individual drills with assistant coaches. But, about midway through Friday’s practice, the Tigers congregated for a pair of drives that appeared to offer a hint as to who is running with the first- and second-team units.
Most of the players lined up as expected, but there were a couple inclusions that may be worth monitoring as camp progresses.
All of these should be consumed with a grain of salt. The observations come from one drive, on one particular package, with limited knowledge of injuries or scheme or anything else that could dictate lineups. At most, fans should take this as a clue for who is in the running for in-season reps rather than a set-in-stone depth chart.
Here’s how the Tigers lined up, and how much weight that might hold by the time real games roll around:
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Here’s how Missouri football’s offense lined up during Friday drill
Let’s get the obvious ones out the way: Brady Cook was the first-team quarterback. Luther Burden III was the slot receiver, and was joined by Mookie Cooper and junior Mekhi Miller as the wideouts.
One of the more noteworthy first-team inclusions came at left tackle, where the Tigers ran with SMU transfer Marcus Bryant, who has been involved in an active competition with Jayven Richardson in camp. There were no surprises along the rest of the line, as left guard Cayden…
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Author : Columbia Daily Tribune
Publish date : 2024-08-09 22:16:57
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