The school once tabbed ‘D-Line Zou’ is going to be best known for its defensive backs in 2023. This is quite the turn of events for a program whose best safeties throughout the 2010s were... Braylon Webb and Ian Simon?
Missouri is trying to create a new identity defensively. The Tigers started this defensive back evolution with the recruitment and development of cornerbacks Kris Abrams-Draine and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. It continued with the development of safeties Jaylon Carlies and Daylan Carnell. And it was taken to a new level with the additions of Joseph Charleston, Marcus Clarke and Dreyden Norwood through the transfer portal last season.