COLUMBIA, MO. • It’s only fitting that a season full of twists and turns for Missouri’s tight ends ended with an unexpected coaching change.
When position coach Joe Jon Finley left Barry Odom’s staff for the same job at Texas A&M earlier this month, it was just another adjustment for a group that endured one change after another during the season.
First, promising freshman Messiah Swinson suffered a knee injury the first week of camp, ending his season before it began. Then in November, All-American candidate Albert Okwuegbunam suffered a shoulder injury at Florida that’s kept him on the sideline.