Which Missouri football players can benefit from extra bowl game practices? Here are 5

When triple-zeros hit in Nashville, Tennessee, the Missouri football roster will immediately look a lot different.

The Tigers will face Iowa on Dec. 30 in the Music City Bowl, with a couple key players already opted out for NFL Draft preparation and several more already in the transfer portal. When that game finishes, several more Tigers will have played their final college games due to eligibility.

So, it’s time to pan forward.

Between Sunday’s bowl announcements and the actual game itself, every team playing in a bowl gets an allotment of extra practices from the NCAA. That number is likely to come out at around 15 extra practices.

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Those could come in useful as the Tigers prepare for next season.

Here are five current Mizzou players who could benefit from the extra reps ahead of next season:

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With three starting offensive linemen set to depart, Missouri is almost certainly going to target a replacement or two in the December transfer portal window. But does at least one starter already reside in-house?

Right tackle Armand Membou, left tackle Marcus Bryant, and right guard Cam’Ron Johnson all will leave the program at the end of the season to either the NFL Draft or eligibility. At guard, specifically, the Tigers appear to have some options down their depth chart.

Logan Reichert, a 6-foot-6, 342-pound redshirt freshman out of Kansas City, spent the season as the backup at left guard. He was a highly recruited, four-star prospect when he arrived in 2023, but he needed some time to develop in the college game. Depending on how the Tigers shuffle the line entering 2025,…

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Author : Columbia Daily Tribune

Publish date : 2024-12-12 09:07:00

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