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Missouri leans on Ahmad Hardy amid a defensive overhaul

Missouri finished 8-5 (4-4 SEC) in 2025 and closed with a 7-13 Gator Bowl loss to Virginia, a flat ending to a season that once carried real momentum. The Tigers opened fast and scored in bunches, then cratered whenever the offense stalled: they averaged better than 41 points in their eight wins but barely 13 in their five losses. The extremes traced back to the line of scrimmage and the quarterback position, and both are now in new hands.

The offseason belonged to reinvention on both sides of the ball. Eliah Drinkwitz handed the offense to new coordinator Chip Lindsey, hired away from Michigan, and turned the huddle over to Ole Miss transfer Austin Simmons. On defense the turnover is close to total, with every regular starter from a unit that ranked among the nation's stingiest now gone. Even so, a program that has won 29 games across the past three years, trailing only Georgia, Texas, Alabama and Ole Miss in the SEC over that span, has earned the benefit of the doubt.

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RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
13	Cayden Green	OT	324lbs	6-5	5.20	6	40.9	88.4 MORE>>	Cayden Green was a consensus four-star recruit and the No. 2 prospect in Missouri at Lee's Summit North High School, where he help...
36	Ahmad Hardy	RB	210lbs	5-10	4.59	3	37.8	86.0 MORE>>	Ahmad Hardy ran for 2,442 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior at Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississippi, but he wa...
74	Austin Simmons	QB	220lbs	6-4	4.65	11	57.6	84.8 MORE>>	Austin Simmons broke Anquan Boldin's single-season passing record at Pahokee High School in Florida as a sophomore and finished at...
148	Cayden Lee	WR	180lbs	5-11	4.49	28	180	82.8 MORE>>	The journey from Kennesaw Mountain High School to Oxford ran through three Georgia schools before Lee, nicknamed "Honeycomb," brok...
357	Jamal Roberts	RB	216lbs	6-0	4.49	24	298.5	74.0 MORE>>	Jamal Roberts ran for 1,899 yards and 28 touchdowns at St. Mary's High School in St. Louis in 2022, winning the Class 4 offensive ...
361	Robert Woodyard Jr....	LB	233lbs	6-0	4.63	40	333.5	74.0 MORE>>	Robert Woodyard Jr. made 133 tackles and 12 tackles for loss as a junior at Williamson High School in Mobile, Alabama, earning Cla...
377	Nicholas Rodriguez	LB	225lbs	6-0	4.60	61	544	74.0 MORE>>	Out of national power St. Thomas Aquinas in Florida, where he won four straight state titles and posted 114 tackles, fifteen for l...
422	Brett Norfleet	TE	255lbs	6-6	4.66	29	457	70.0 MORE>>	Brett Norfleet earned SEC All-Freshman honors at Missouri in 2023 with 18 catches for 197 yards and three touchdowns, then added 2...
471	Trajen Greco	S	196lbs	6-0	4.49	90	448	67.6 MORE>>	Trajen Greco was the 2023 Gwinnett County player of the year at Mill Creek High School in Buford, Georgia, where he helped win a s...

RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
43	Zion Young	DE	262lbs	6-6	4.75	11	39.2	85.6 MORE>>	Before Zion Young ever wore the black and gold in Columbia, he was grinding through Big Ten trenches at Michigan State as a consen...
60	Josiah Trotter	LB	237lbs	6-2	4.61	9	60.2	85.0 MORE>>	Josiah Trotter is the son of Jeremiah Trotter Sr., a four-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro linebacker for the Philadelphia E...
143	Chris McClellan	DT	313lbs	6-4	5.05	32	111	83.1 MORE>>	Chris McClellan came out of Oklahoma as one of the more coveted interior prospects in the 2022 class -- all three major recru...
165	Kevin Coleman Jr.	WR	179lbs	5-10	4.49	33	165.5	82.1 MORE>>	Before Kevin Coleman Jr. ever became one of the more well-traveled receivers in recent college football memory, he was lighting ...
183	Keagen Trost	OT	311lbs	6-5	5.40	38	154	81.3 MORE>>	Keagen Trost played high school ball at Kankakee in Illinois, earning two-time all-conference honors and serving as team captain...
217	Toriano Pride Jr.	CB	185lbs	5-10	4.32	63	270.8	81.0 MORE>>	Three high schools in St. Louis before landing at East St. Louis for his senior year tells you the path wasn't straightforward for...
283	Connor Tollison	C	285lbs	6-4	5.38	71	315	78.5 MORE>>	Tollison grew up in Jackson, Missouri, where he was a four-year letterman at Jackson High School under coach Brent Eckley. As a ...

RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
9	Armand Membou	OT	314lbs	6-3	4.91	2	10.2	88.4 MORE>>	The son of Cameroonian parents, Armand Membou's path to becoming one of college football's most intriguing offensive line prospect...
23	Luther Burden III	WR	208lbs	5-11	4.41	2	24.2	87.5 MORE>>	A consensus five-star recruit and MaxPreps Player of the Year, Luther Burden III arrived at Missouri as the program's highest-rate...
254	Theo Wease Jr.	WR	192lbs	6-2	4.56	38	253.5	78.0 MORE>>	Born in Allen, Texas, Theo Wease Jr. arrived at the college scene as football royalty - a five-star prospect and Under Armour All-...
289	Brady Cook	QB	215lbs	6-2	4.59	13	226.4	75.4 MORE>>	Brady Cook emerged as a stalwart for the Missouri Tigers in 2023, throwing for 3,317 yards and 21 touchdowns. The St. Louis nati...
475	Marcus Carroll	RB	210lbs	5-10	4.81	51	554	59.1 MORE>>	Marcus Carroll capped off his four-year career at Georgia State with a standout 2023 season as the team's lead running back. The U...

RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
36	Darius Robinson	DL	285lbs	6-5	4.95	7	40.7	87.1 MORE>>	Darius Robinson, hailing from Canton High School, was recognized as a 3-star recruit before joining the Missouri Tigers. Starti...
37	Ennis Rakestraw Jr...	CB	183lbs	5-11	4.51	8	43.8	87.0 MORE>>	Rakestraw Jr., hailing from Dallas, Texas, emerged as a standout cornerback for the Missouri Tigers. Joining the team as a three-s...
89	Kris Abrams-Drain...	CB	179lbs	5-11	4.44	24	84.2	84.5 MORE>>	Hailing from Spanish Fort High School as a 4-star ESPN recruit and a 3-star according to 247 Sports, Kris Abrams-Draine made a ser...
130	Javon Foster	OT	313lbs	6-6	5.30	33	120.7	82.9 MORE>>	Javon Foster, OT out of Missouri, has charted an impressive ascent from a three-star recruit to an anchor on the Tigers' offensive...
173	Ty'Ron Hopper	LB	231lbs	6-2	4.50	16	152.9	80.7 MORE>>	Ty'Ron Hopper, originally hailing from Roswell High School, garnered attention as a standout football prospect, earning impressive...
205	Cody Schrader	RB	202lbs	5-8	4.61	22	220.8	79.0 MORE>>	Cody Schrader, the dynamic running back from Missouri, achieved significant recognition in his 2023 season, marking him as one of ...
259	Jaylon Carlies	S	227lbs	6-3	4.50	59	249	77.0 MORE>>	Jaylon Carlies from West Orange High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. Followin...
351	Tre'Vez Johnson	S	195lbs	5-10	4.42	95	401	74.0 MORE>>	Tre'Vez Johnson from Bartram Trail High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. Follow...