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Without a major in-state prospect like Dorial Green-Beckham or Terry Beckner Jr. to build a class around this year, Missouri is searching far and wide for players. The challenges Missouri faces are a little different given they are on the outskirts of the SEC foothold and haven’t established as solid of a foundation in the primary recruiting areas for the conference (i.e. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, the Carolinas). That doesn’t mean that Barry Odom won’t fill the remaining slots in the class with talented prospect to build momentum for his full recruiting in 2017.
CURRENT STANDING
National recruiting rank: 61
SEC recruiting rank: 14
No. of signees and commits in class: 12
EARLY ENROLLEES
Trey Baldwin, LB, Houston, Texas (three stars)
NOTABLE COMMITS
Naterace Strong, RB, Hinds C.C. (four stars, JUCO)
Royce Newman, OT, Nashville, Ill. (three stars)
Marvin Terry, DE, Dallas, Texas (three stars)
Tre Williams, DE, Columbia, Mo. (three stars)
REMAINING PRIMARY TARGETS
Arkeem Byrd, ATH, Savannah, Ga. (three stars, official visit undetermined)
Breontae Matthews, OT, Fullerton College (three stars JUCO, official visit Jan. 22)
Damarea Crockett, RB, Little Rock, Ark. (three stars, Boise State commit)
Kobe Jones, DE, Starkville, Miss. (four stars, official visit Jan. 25)
J.J. Holmes, DT, Hutchinson C.C. (three stars, official visit Jan. 29)
SIGNING DAY PREDICTIONS
Not surprisingly Missouri’s recruiting is very fluid with new offers and visits being announced daily. The upcoming weekend is looking to be the biggest of the recruiting season for Barry Odom and his staff.
Jones said that Missouri joins Alabama, Mississippi State and Ole Miss in his top four and he will take a mid-week official to Missouri. Odom and his staff are also hitting the junior colleges hard and trying to do whatever it takes to put together a respectable class in a short period of time.
Corey Long is a freelance writer for SaturdayDownSouth.com. Follow Corey on Twitter @CoreyLong.
