If Missouri had one major area it still needed to address with the 2017 recruiting class, it was the interior of the defensive line.
The Tigers took a potentially major step toward shoring up that glaring roster hole Sunday with the addition of two defensive-tackle commitments.
Alief Taylor High senior Kobie Whiteside from Houston and Eastern Arizona College sophomore Walter Palmore both committed to Mizzou after visiting Columbia last weekend.
Whiteside — a 6-foot-1, 304-pound Rivals two-star prospect — also had offers from Illinois, Louisiana at Monroe, Colorado State, New Mexico, Texas-San Antonio, Bowling Green and Texas State, according to various recruiting services.