When it comes to evaluating running backs, the Missouri coaching staff gets the benefit of the doubt until they prove otherwise. On Sunday three-star back Dominique Johnson of Crowley, Texas, announced his verbal commitment to Mizzou on Instagram. For now, his other scholarship offers come from … let’s just say the back pages of Phil Steele’s preseason preview magazine. Abilene Christian. Houston Baptist. Illinois State. Texas Southern.
That won’t scare off Barry Odom’s staff, especially running backs coach Cornell Ford, who has a brief but undeniable history of identifying talent at the position and producing results. Here are the 247Sports.