Star Mizzou DL Terry Beckner Jr. makes Liberty Bowl decision
The Missouri Tigers finished the 2018 regular season with an impressive 8-4 record, highlighted by four-straight wins to close out the year.
Now, they’ll head off to Memphis, where the Liberty Bowl showdown against Oklahoma State awaits the Tigers.
Senior DL Terry Beckner Jr., a former 5-star recruit from St. Louis, will likely be an early round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, so he had a big decision to make — play in the bowl game or sit out? According to Beckner, there was never a decision to be made:
To the surprise of no one, Terry Beckner Jr. said he will play in the Liberty Bowl. The thought of skipping it never entered his mind. "Not at all."
— Alex Schiffer (@TheSchiffMan) December 8, 2018
Beckner bleeds Missouri black and gold, so it’s no surprise that he’ll be on the field with his teammates this bowl season.
This year, Beckner has 31 tackles (9.5 for a loss) and two sacks for a Tiger defense that greatly improved over the course of the season.
He’s an inspiration. Two ACLs over two years. Yikes. What a player!
At the risk of repeating myself, Terry Beckner and Drew Lock are the only reason Barry Odom still has a job at MU, hopefully Odom realizes how lucky he is these two kids chose to stay at Mizzou for four years no matter how irrational things on campus became.
I read in SPD that he’s playing in the East-West bowl in St. Pete in mid-January, along with Blanton.
Senior Leadership is very important and the reason Mizzou overcame the two losses that hurt so much. Drew Lock and Terry Beckner and other seniors are the reason this has been a season that has turned the program around and put it back on track.
It when your seniors are getting arrested that the program suffere. Hate to hear about the recent arrest. I hope after these Seniors leave this is the kind of leadership left on the team.