Here are the Mizzou football players and coach up for national awards

It’s award season in college football.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Mizzou football has plenty candidates in the running. Running back Cody Schrader is a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the nation’s best player who started as a walk-on. Quarterback Brady Cook is a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award, given to the country’s top quarterback. In front of them, the Tigers’ offensive line is among 12 semifinalists for the Joe Moore Award.

And perhaps among the most prestigious, MU defensive ends coach Kevin People is a nominee for the Broyles Award, given to the nation’s top assistant coach.

Here is who the Tigers have in contention for national recognition, and what their teammates, colleagues and players had to say about their nominations Tuesday.

Kevin Peoples looks on as the defensive coordinator at Tulane, where he coached before moving to Indiana and now Missouri.

Kevin Peoples, Broyles Award

Player development and recruiting — that’s the combination that Eli Drinkwitz mentioned after Peoples was named among 56 coaches in consideration for the nation’s top assistant coach.

And it’s a combination Peoples has hit out the park.

Drinkwitz complimented Peoples’ ability to develop the likes of Johnny Walker Jr., Joe Moore III and Nyles Gaddy into impactful ends — a position that the Missouri head coach was worried about at the beginning of the season. But it’s what Peoples has achieved with Darius Robinson, who switched from tackle to the edge over the offseason, that stood out most.

“I think I read today where (Robinson) is up to third in the league in sacks, Drinkwitz said. “So (Peoples has) taken a guy who had never played the position and molded him into one of the top players in our league.”

Added Robinson: “He’s obviously the best coach I’ve had, ever, in my whole life…

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Author : Columbia Daily Tribune

Publish date : 2023-11-14 23:11:38

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