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A Missouri team losing its quarterback and most explosive receiver bid farewell to another offensive weapon Monday.
Junior running back Damarea Crockett announced that he will forgo his final year of eligibility and enter the 2019 NFL Draft. He tweeted a statement explaining his decision to Tigers fans, which you can also read below.
Crockett finished his college career with 2,252 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns on the ground. He set several program freshman rushing records in 2016 before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury halfway through last season and ultimately ceding the bulk of the carries to sophomore Larry Rountree III.
Crockett still played a big role in Missouri’s offense this season, rushing 147 times for 709 yards and seven touchdowns. The junior caught 12 balls for 88 yards and another score, providing versatility for senior quarterback Drew Lock, especially during a long stretch that explosive senior receiver Emanuel Hall spent sidelined with an injury.
Though the Tigers are losing both Lock and Hall, Crockett is the team’s only underclassman to have announced for the NFL draft so far.
Makes sense for him. RBs have short shelf life. Make that money while you’re body’s still good.
So that’s why he didn’t play in the bowl game.
He wasn’t going to get many carries next year. With Rountree being a stud and Badie showing so much promise he saw the writing on the wall.
When he was healthy he looked very good, a lot like his freshman year, would have been great to have him back one more season, don’t kid yourself he wasn’t getting beat out by anyone.
I like Crockett, but he’s not as good as Rountree and quite frankly I like Badie more than him as well. Rountree clearly out-performed him this year so not sure why you’re convinced Crockett would have the starting job.
I want what you’re smoking TD if you think Badie is better than Crockett. Crockett is a beast, when healthy, which he wasn’t a portion of the year, which is why Rountree got more run. I’d prefer a backfield of Crockett and Rountree over Rountree and Badie. Badie is too undersized to be anything but a situational player.
And a buddy of mine says Albert O is leaving as well. Hopefully he is wrong.
Unlike TrumanUp02 I DON’T want any of what you’re smoking, Mizzou fans seem to have a particular affinity for some form of self delusion they use to convince themselves that a gray cloud is a rainbow. The claim MU would be better off with Badie and no Crockett is not even worth engaging as an argument.
Im not pretending we’re better off without Crockett, I’d rather have him than not have him. Im simply looking at who we have and I don’t see a big drop in production. Im a fan of Badie. It’s fine if you aren’t.
Crockett was explosive when well, but not as dependable or durable as Rountree, who is also capable of explosive production. Between the two most coaches would choose Rountree. Badie is good, and he’s followed by Bakare and more youth coming on board. I think MU could have a top 5 running game and top 10 passing. And if Walters can hold opponents to less than 24 points on average in 2019, I believe we are Top 10 in polls and a real force in the East.