COLUMBIA, MO. • We continue with our countdown to Mizzou preseason camp — first practice is a week from today, next Friday — with a look at the most important figures for the Tigers’ defense in 2018.
Three years ago the East St. Louis native arrived at Mizzou shouldering the highest of expectations. At one point during the recruiting process the five-star prospect was considered the nation’s No. 1 defensive tackle. Once the final rankings were settled, he finished No. 5 by Rivals.com. That made him MU’s highest-rated defensive tackle signee since Sheldon Richardson in 2009, when the St.