It’s a well-worn trope by now and one that, anecdotally, bears out as true: Missouri finds its stars from the depths of the unheralded.
Whether it be Danario Alexander or Sean Weatherspoon, Justin Britt or Michael Sam, Kevin Pendleton or Charles Harris, the Tigers just seem to have a knack for plucking players out of obscurity and making them into outstanding college performers.
But what about the guys at the other end of the recruiting class? The ones who, by their pedigrees, should end up among the ranks of the Tigers’ top players and — wouldn’t you know it — they do?