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Recruiting Reset: Gavin Hoffman elevates the talent of Mizzou’s tight end room

Related Topics: Brett Norfleet, Eliah Drinkwitz

Tell me something: Is a recruiting class complete unless Eli Drinkwitz has his “tight end of the future”? It’s sort of the like the forest falling in the tree question, you know the one.

While the staff already felt good about landing Dakotah Terrell in the 2025 high school recruiting class, they saw an opportunity to elevate the talent on the roster through Iowa’s Gavin Hoffman, a former blue-chip TE and consensus Top 250 recruit in the 2024 high school class.

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Hoffman’s arrival marks a bright future for the position under Eli Drinkwitz, who has shown a preference for tough blocking and athletic tight ends who give the offense a different dimension.