COLUMBIA, MO. • Defensive end wasn’t supposed to be a deep position for Missouri this season. But on the last week of preseason camp, the offense has borrowed freshman defensive end Daniel Parker Jr. for an audition at tight end.
In the first few days of camp, the Tigers lost freshman tight end Messiah Swinson to a torn ACL, a likely season-ending injury for a player in position to play as a rookie behind two veterans. Then last week redshirt freshman Logan Christopherson missed time with a concussion.
Christopherson has since returned but on Tuesday, Parker switched sides, traded in his No.