While hosting Nick Bolton on an official recruiting visit in early February, Missouri’s Cale Garrett sought out fellow linebacker Brandon Lee for help.
National Signing Day was a few days away and Missouri badly needed Bolton to help provide linebacker depth for the Tigers.
Garrett asked Lee to join him and Terez Hall in watching Bolton’s high school highlights. While watching, all three Missouri linebackers came to the same conclusion: ‘We need this guy.’
Bolton committed shortly after the visit and now he and fellow backups Jamal Brooks and Aubrey Miller Jr. are expected to play a significant number of snaps, despite Lee, Garrett and Hall all returning as starters from last season.