COLUMBIA, MO. • Whether they get their chance to compete for a starting job next year or in 2019, Missouri’s backup quarterbacks are under the watch of the player they hope to one day succeed. While Barry Odom waits to hire an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, he’s put his record-breaking passer in charge of the position group as the Tigers prepare for the Dec. 27 Texas Bowl.
That has given junior Drew Lock a new perspective on the three players in line to have his job. Lock plans to announce some time after the bowl game whether he’ll enter the 2018 NFL draft or come back to Mizzou for his senior season.