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After breakout season, Mizzou's Walters looks forward to next step

Fifth in a series previewing the Missouri football team’s preseason camp under new coach Eliah Drinkwitz. Practices are scheduled to being Aug. 7, pending interruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — You can make a case Missouri’s 2019 football season was the worst in team history that didn’t end with a losing record. It was a year that concluded with a 6-6 record, an NCAA-imposed postseason ban and Tigers coach Barry Odom out of a job.

But it wasn’t so bad for defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, who enjoyed the spoils of Mizzou’s defensive breakthrough.