Double up: Mizzou adds 2 in-state commitments to 2021 class
While many Missouri football fans were probably following the NFL Draft, it was a big day for future Tigers teams. Eliah Drinkwitz’s staff picked up a pair of commitments from in-state prospects on Saturday.
St. Louis RB Taj Butts pledged first. The 5-11, 205-pounder out of DeSmet Jesuit High is rated 3-stars, the No. 9 player in the state, No. 40 running back and No. 561 prospect overall nationally in the class of 2021 on the 247Sports Composite.
Later, Saturday evening, fellow in-state prospect Ryan Hoerstkamp joined the 2021 class. Out of Washington, Missouri, Hoerstkamp is rated the state’s No. 14 recruit, No. 36 tight end and No. 796 prospect overall in the class.
With the new additions, Mizzou’s 2021 class is now up to six pledges. It is ranked No. 34 nationally and No. 5 on the SEC in the Composite. Butts’ Composite score of 0.8638 is the highest of all six commits.
Commitment announcements and highlights for both players can be viewed below:
Hometown is the best town #newzou#Lou21ZouCrew#Sec #COMMITTED @CoachDrinkwitz @CoachLoop @SteepDiesel pic.twitter.com/Dk016IkL4f
— Taj Butts (@TajButts) April 25, 2020
Homegrown…COMMITTED!! pic.twitter.com/xThDSEyqsb
— Ryan Hoerstkamp 🦏 (@RyanHoerstkamp) April 26, 2020
Wow, a quick and crafty running back AND versatile country river man. Good job coach Drink and good to see these talented young men headed for advanced coaching and development. Tremendous talents, should be rated much higher.
Yeah Drink is really building some early momentum and landing in-state talent is a good sign how quickly he’s building local relationships. Especially in and around the StL area, keep the momentum going!
Gotta have 4 and 5 stars…pay the money, cause Bama and Georgia and others sure will.
Look at the video again, the running back IS a 5 star. And the Washington MO versa-talent needs only a roster assignment, a play book, and a coach to tell what he wants. He is the kind of player that can learning most anything and execute most anything. That’s better than buying a rating from an idiot at a service. My former athletes have gone professional all over the world. None of them needed a rating from a service. Missouri went toe to toe with all the 5 stars in the country in 2013 and it was only Dave Steckel’s dumb defense that kept them from beating Auburn and Florida State for all the marbles.
Good to see the in-state guys. Hope he keeps it up.
A Program has to dominate their own state in order to be successful “keeping the best athletes home”. Drink has begun to do it…good recruiting, even in unusual times. Keep up the good work Coach !