On a Missouri football offense that turns over a chunk of its 2024 starters, the notable exception is at tight end.
The Tigers get back perhaps both their best receiving and top blocking tight ends. They’ve supplemented that with a pair of intriguing portal additions.
So, can MU make that continuity and newfound depth count?
Mizzou’s 2025 season-opener against Central Arkansas on Aug. 28 on Faurot Field, as of Thursday, July 17, is exactly six weeks away. Fall camp is right around the corner, as the Tigers typically have players report to campus in Columbia over the final weekend of July.
Here is how Missouri’s tight ends shape up heading into fall camp, including a projected (but not finalized) depth chart, the upside, and possible questions for the room:
Missouri football projected depth chart at tight end
Starter: Brett Norfleet, Jr.
Rotation/backups: Jordon Harris, Jr., Gavin Hoffman, R-Fr., Vince Brown II, R-Sr.
Reserves: Jude James, R-Fr.; Dakotah Terrell, Fr..; Adam Molitor, So.
Mizzou was active in the transfer portal recruiting tight ends, bringing in two players to add to a solid returning duo.
There’s no question that Norfleet is the primary tight end on the roster and the player who will take the lion’s share of snaps and likely see the most targets and finish the season with the top receiving statistics. Beyond him, it’s going to be interesting to see how the Tigers share the wealth.
At 6-4, 268 pounds, Harris has the frame of a defensive end and shapes up as Mizzou’s best blocking tight end.
Hoffman joins the squad from Iowa. Brown comes in from Colorado State. Both look like they have the ability to play as pass-catchers and ought to compete for playing time in the fall.
Questions, concerns to answer
Norfleet’s production in 2024 was a little bit underwhelming. Part of that absolutely could be…
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