Incoming head coach Barry Odom is off to a good start securing in-state talent. The most recent acquisition was flipping Alabama TE commit Brendan Scales. Scales never seemed a firm commit, having only given Alabama a verbal late in the game. He visited the Tide on Jan. 15th and made his commitment then. Two weeks later, he chose to stay home with the Tigers.
I'm super excited and stoked to say I'm staying home to be a Missouri Tiger #MizzouMade #miz pic.twitter.com/WkJM09dfcL
— Brendan Scales (@bscales25) February 3, 2016
Scales has great size, and is a 3* from Lafayette (MO) (and the No.