Remember the #TightEndPassGame? The Tigers used to be Tight End U’, but the only recent tight end that was able to thrive at Mizzou was Albert Okwuegbunam.
Missouri had nine individual seasons in which a tight end finished with at least 400 yards between 2005 and 2011 (Martin Rucker x3, Chase Coffman x4 and Michael Egnew x2). The Tigers have had just two such season (both by Okwuegbunam) in more than a decade since.
So, what happened? Where has the tight end production gone, and is it likely to return?
In a word, well, no.