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Missouri running back Cody Schrader looks on during the Senior Day ceremonies during a college football game at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 18, 2023, in Columbia, Mo.
Missouri football’s Cody Schrader has added to his impeccable story with a nationwide honor on Monday.
Schrader won the 2023 Burlsworth Trophy at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, as part of the live award ceremony broadcast on YouTube.
The Burlsworth Trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding college football player at the FBS level who began his career as a walk-on. The Brandon Burlsworth Foundation first awarded the honor after the 2010 season.
In his acceptance speech, Schrader said he wanted the main takeaway from his story to be for younger players to never allow anything to stop them from trying to achieve their dreams.
“It wasn’t easy, it definitely had a lot of lonely nights,” Schrader said accepting the award. “The only thing I stayed true to was the work.”
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Schrader won the honor over James Madison University’s James Carpenter and the University of Oklahoma’s Drake Stoops.
Still, Schrader showed his lighter side. When he took to the podium to accept the award, Schrader got off a quick joke.
“First I want to say thanks for safely allowing me back in the state of Arkansas,” Schrader joked just weeks after gouging the Arkansas Razorbacks for 217 rushing yards and a touchdown in MU’s regular-season finale win.
Schrader’s story has since hit the national level. His example of starting as a Division II player at Truman State, earning a scholarship at MU and eventually leading the SEC in rushing has become the talk of the conference.
That story is now honored at the national level.
Schrader cemented himself as a player with a…
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Author : Columbia Daily Tribune
Publish date : 2023-12-05 02:29:13
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