Missouri fans might more easily remember the recruits who left than the ones who came.
Look no further than the Tigers’ recruitment of legacies.
Drew Lock and Shane Ray decided to follow their fathers’ footsteps and play for the Tigers. But Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott, who went to high school in St. Louis and whose parents attended Mizzou, chose Ohio State.
For basketball, there’s Devin Booker, Tyler Hansbrough and Victor Bailey Jr. — all of whom picked colleges other than Mizzou, where their dads were athletes. The commitment of any of them, especially the first two, could have been program-changers.