Damarea Crockett is trying to put his health first, but right now that’s easier said than done.
Missouri’s junior tailback is nursing a sprained right ankle but is doing everything he can to play in Friday’s game against Arkansas. Crockett, a Little Rock, Ark. native, didn’t get offered by the hometown Hogs out of high school, which is partly how he wound up at Mizzou.
He also has yet to play against them, thanks to a one-game suspension his freshman year for a marijuana citation and a shoulder injury that sidelined him the last six games in 2017.