It was July of 2015, and Aleshia Jordan did not want to play the waiting game.
Her son, Jordan Harold, had just finalized a faith-inspired decision to transfer from NCAA Division II football power Northwest Missouri State to the University of Missouri in hopes of playing football for the Tigers. How was Harold going to do that? In Jordan’s eyes, it began with a drive to Columbia at that exact instant.
“I said, ‘if you’re going to do this, let’s go to Mizzou right now’” Jordan said. “He kind of looked at me and was like, ‘right now?