It’s been an up-and-down season in Columbia, with the Tigers having reached great peaks and frustrating lows during the 2025 campaign.
Yet despite the team already being all-but-eliminated from the College Football Playoff, Missouri still has a shot at clinching the program’s third straight 10-win season down the stretch, and recruits are taking notice.
The haphazard rumors swirling around Eli Drinkwitz‘s potential move to another SEC school have done little to dampen Mizzou’s momentum on the recruiting trail, and the sixth-year head coach received some good news Wednesday.
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Jayden McGregory, a 4-star safety out of Des Moines, Iowa as rated by 247Sports, announced that he would be flipping his commitment from Louisville to join Drinkwitz & Co. in COMO.
The 6-foot-2 prospect shared a message stating: “AGTG Columbia I’m home,” and he becomes the 22nd commit in Missouri’s 2026 class.
McGregory committed to Louisville on July 7 following a visit in late June. He made the trip to Columbia on June 6 and also took a visit to Minnesota in late May.
The two-way player also held offers from the likes of Arkansas, Florida State, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee and Nebraska.
The Tigers’ 2026 class now ranks 23rd overall in the nation according to 247Sports.
Parker is currently the sports editor for the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He's a graduate from Mizzou who has experience covering the Tiger football and basketball beats for SB Nation, and he's worked for a variety of sports news outlets in the past.
