Back to the NFL Newsfeed

How Drew Lock's Missouri career prepped him to lead an NFL offense

LEE'S SUMMIT, MO -- The phone buzzes early on a Friday morning in early April. Nothing good comes from calls at the crack of dawn, and when Laura Lock answers, her son is hysterical on the other end.

"Mom!" he yells.

"Drew, what is it?" she responds.

"I missed my flight!"

In the nearly four years that Drew Lock was Missouri's starting quarterback, he developed a well-earned reputation for having his act together. Never, not once in his life, had he missed a flight, an accomplishment he touted to friends and family while mocking those who had.