On Monday, December 5th, the NCAA transfer portal officially opened for business for football players. As expected, a host of student-athletes entered their names, looking for new homes. While Missouri fans will certainly be disappointed by star receiver Dominic Lovett’s pending exit, the portal has been a great source of talent for coach Eli Drinkwitz in his tenure in Columbia. He added key contributors in the 2021 season and successfully overhauled the defense heading into the 2022 season.
However, Drinkwitz did publicly whiff on his efforts to land a quarterback upgrade on the veteran market last offseason. The three most public flirtations all chose different landing spots than the friendly confines of Faurot Field: JT Daniels (West Virginia), Jayden Daniels (LSU), and Gerry Bohanan (South Florida).