Late in the third quarter of Missouri’s 51-14 win over Tennessee-Martin, linebacker Jacob Trump sprinted through a hole and sacked Skyhawks’ quarterback Dresser Winn for a loss of 2 yards.
It was a play three years in the making for the redshirt junior, who battled injuries and struggled to see the field as a linebacker since joining the Tigers football team in 2015.
After suffering a right ACL tear on Sept. 10, 2017, the day after Missouri’s loss to South Carolina, Trump missed almost all of last season. He was expected to be a big part of the Tigers’ special teams unit and rotate in at linebacker.