The legend of the 2018 class has been growing for a while. Missouri, the story goes, is as loaded with high-level prospects as it has been in a long time. And while there are certainly stars from the Kansas City area -- Lee's Summit West's Mario Goodrich, Blue Springs' Daniel Parker -- a lot of this talent resides in the St. Louis area.
This narrative has taken hold and will be in place for the entire recruiting cycle, and with good reason. Mizzou, for instance, has already offered more in-state 2018 prospects than it did for the entire 2017 cycle.