COLUMBIA, Mo. — There are football players who are students of the game: those with an uncommon knowledge of and knack for the sport’s intricacies. Then there are football players who set aside the game for a time to be students.
A college athlete stepping away from a sport to focus on studying has to be rare in today’s era, yeah?
“You’re definitely right about that,” Missouri quarterback Drew Pyne told the Post-Dispatch.
He would know. The signal-caller expected to back up starter Brady Cook is participating in his first practices during preseason camp after arriving via the transfer portal during the offseason.