COLUMBIA, Mo. — Even as Missouri’s football team prepares for a highly anticipated 2024 season, there’s been talk of a Mizzou player who stands no chance of suiting up in black and gold this fall: Cody Schrader.
The running back who famously walked on with the Tigers after beginning his college career at Division II Truman State, rising from the bottom of the MU depth chart to the top of the school’s record books and leading the Southeastern Conference in rushing yards, still is referenced aplenty inside the team facility at his alma mater.
“Cody was the standard,” running backs coach Curtis Luper said this spring.