In 2007, Missouri's Martin Rucker earned All-American honors; he and Chase Coffman combined to catch 136 passes for 1,365 yards and 15 scores for a 12-win Tiger team. The next year, Coffman won the Mackey Award, catching 90 passes for 987 yards and 10 touchdowns. A couple of years after that, Michael Egnew worked his way into the third round of the NFL draft on the power of 140 receptions in two years.
As soon as you could say "TIGHT END U," however, Mizzou more or less stopped featuring the tight end.