COLUMBIA, Mo. — Toriano Pride Jr. didn’t need anyone to tell him where he should play next.
When entering the transfer portal after two seasons of college football, the cornerback did so with a “do not contact” tag, which is college sports’ clearest indicator a player knows where their next step will be.
For the St. Louis-area product, that was somewhere a little closer to home.
Pride transferred to Missouri after two years at Clemson, where he appeared in 26 games with three starts. He’s a projected starter for the Tigers’ defense in 2024 and already making a name for himself on the practice field — as a prolific trash-talker, if nothing else.