MIZZOU
The Missouri Tigers are off to a slow start during the 2020 recruiting cycle, but they did get some good news on Wednesday night.
That’s because coach Barry Odom’s efforts in St. Louis continue to pay off, as a 3-star offensive tackle from the area committed to the Tigers.
As you can see below, Mitchell Walters announced via Twitter that he’d be heading to Columbia for his college football career:
https://twitter.com/Mitch_Walters76/status/1131375478147899394
Per the 247Sports composite, Walters is the No. 87 offensive tackle in the class of 2020 and the No. 20 overall recruit from the state of Missouri.
The Tigers now have four players in their 2020 recruiting class, which currently ranks No. 52 in the nation and No. 13 in the SEC, per 247Sports.
Below, check out some of Walters’ junior-year highlights, courtesy of Hudl:
Congratulations on making a personal winning decision. Here is a young man who can think for himself and control his own destiny.
It’s always sounds so hard for some St. Louis players to “stay home”, while players like K.C.’s Drew Lock say things like, “I couldn’t let someone else quarterback my program”. I blame some of this on the St. L. media, and this is why I never read some sports writer’s blabbering. One of particular disdain used to write bad mouth stories for the Columbia news but now writes down his nose about Mizzou for the Post Dispatch (though his tone has improved some). But the citizens over east have their own responsibility for backyard Dorthy-ism.
To be fair, some eastern Missourians have also been vocal leaders in building Mizzou’s brand. If Missouri ( and I write that to include Northwest Missouri State, Mizzou, Wash U., Truman, The Mules over west, etc.) has the classrooms that are right for you then it highly unlikely that you can make a mistake by playing at home first. Some exceptions of course. There could be a full roster in your position.
CONGRATS YOUNG MR. WALTERS, ALL THE BEST SUCCESS WISHED.
Glad to see the focus on StL. Welcome!
Good catch Tigers.
rare to see a lineman dominate his opponents so surely even on a highlight tape
The kid is 6′ 8″ and 285. They’ll have to feed him nose tackles and bench presses between courses to put that other 15 on him. He’ll be at one of the most NFL-happy O-line schools in the country, if that’s what his goal might be. Glad to have him as a Tiger.