COLUMBIA, Mo. - We’ve gotten to our penultimate position review for the 2020 Missouri football season and it’s one that doesn’t require a whole lot of analysis: inside linebacker. Two dudes had almost all the snaps this season and rarely left the field in MU’s 4-2-5 scheme.
Let’s look at the season snaps, per Pro Football Focus:
Nick Bolton: 584
Devin Nicholson: 577
Chad Bailey: 87
Cameron Wilkins: 57
Jamal Brooks: 40
Jamie Pettway: 7
Will Norris: 1
For the second straight year Bolton was an easy choice for first-team All-SEC honors and he showed up on multiple second-team All-American teams, including the Associated Press squad, making him the first Missouri player to earn All-American honors since Kentrell Brothers in 2015.