When the calendar turned over to April, Eli Drinkwitz had no high school prospects committed to join the Tigers as freshmen in 2025. Here we are in early May and the Mizzou staff has landed commitments from not one or two, but seven highly ranked high school recruits hailing from across the country. After a slow start, Mizzou football has exploded onto the high school recruiting scene this spring in a big way, with more exciting additions to future Tiger rosters on in the pipeline.
Late starts to recruiting aren’t anything new to Mizzou football under Drinkwitz. In fact, the Tigers didn’t gain their seventh commitment for both the classes of 2023 and 2024 until July 3, when St.