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Missouri freshman Michael Porter Jr. spoke publicly on Saturday for the first time since having surgery to repair a back injury.

Porter gave an interview to ESPN2 announcers Tom Crean and Jordan Bernfield during the Tigers’ Braggin’ Rights game against Illinois on ESPN2.

“I’m feeling great,” Porter said. “Rehab is going real well and I’m getting stronger every day.”

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Porter underwent a “microdiscectomy of the L3-L4 spinal discs” on Nov.