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Kris Abrams-Draine & Jaylon Carlies are here to take away the middle of the field

Every college football team comes into the season with questions. Yes, even Alabama. Now, some teams have more answers than others. But everyone has questions.

For Mizzou, one of the biggest questions coming into the season was how the revamped secondary would come together. More specifically, how would defensive coordinator Steve Wilks and his staff overcome the losses of former 3-year starting safety Tyree Gillespie and 3-year starting nickel cornerback Joshuah Bledsoe?

Losing production from the secondary can be scary. As the great Bill Connelly has shared, the best way to project defenses year-to-year is returning production in the secondary.