PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football standout Markus Golden signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday. The veteran edge rusher will work behind starters T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith. The 32-year-old has been in the NFL for nine years and has spent seven of those years with the Arizona Cardinals. He started
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach and hall of famer Gary Pinkel hosted his fifth annual charity golf tournament for his GP M.A.D.E. foundation at the Club at the Old Hawthorne on Monday afternoon. Pinkel says when he retired he missed helping his players, so he created the foundation to help kids across the
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team lost a commitment in the class of 2024 on Friday afternoon. Three-star quarterback Daniel Kaelin announced that he will be de-commiting from MU. He first committed to head coach Eli Drinkwitz and the Tigers in March of 2023. The 6-foot-2, Nebraska-born QB is notably fielding an offer from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois announced that MU has hired athletics administration veteran Marcy Girton as a senior association athletics director for football administration and special projects. Girton will provide administrative oversight to the Tiger football team, in addition to handling any special projects within the athletic department. “There’s palpable excitement and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach and tailback Tony Temple were among a group of seven inductees to be added to the Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame on Thursday. The other honorees in the 13th Hall of Fame class include former Florida State defensive back Terrell Buckley, Texas A&M quarterback Edd Hargett, Auburn
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz had a good Saturday making two new additions to his roster, including one of the best offensive lineman in the transfer portal. Cam’Ron Johnson joins the Tigers from Houston where he was a first-team All-American Athletic Conference selection in 2022. The 6-4, 305-pound guard has two years
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou long snapper Jake Hoffman will join the Kansas City Chiefs for rookie camp in May. The Kearney, Mo. native spent five seasons with the Tigers, appearing in all 13 games in both his junior and senior. He first took over as MU’s primary long snapper in 2019, his sophomore year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman DJ Coleman confirmed on social media Sunday afternoon that he has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted rookie free agent. Coleman spent one season in Columbia where he action in all 12 games during the regular season, making three starts. He finished the regular season with 37 total
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou standout safety and Rock Bridge alum Martez Manuel confirmed on social media on Saturday night that he has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted rookie free agent. He said, “All I needed was a chance. Watch this.” The news was first reported by ESPN insider Jeremy
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cleveland Browns picked up Mizzou defensive end Isaiah McGuire in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL Draft, with the No. 126 overall pick. McGuire is the first Tiger to go in the Draft, which is hosted in Kansas City this year. He will work to add some depth to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive end Arden Walker announced on Twitter Friday afternoon his decision to enter the transfer portal. The 6-foot-2, 252 pound sophomore played in 12 total games last season for the Tigers totaling six tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Walker made his first-career start in the regular season finale against Arkansas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple members of the 2022 Mizzou football roster will wait to hear their fate once the 2023 NFL Draft starts in Kansas City on Thursday. The draft will run Thursday, April 27 through Saturday, April 29 at Union Station in downtown Kansas City. The headliner of the group is former Tiger defensive
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s sports editor Chris Kwiecinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about everything from the NBA to the NFL Draft. The big news on Sunday came in the form of MU star forward Kobe Brown’s announced that he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back BJ Harris made the official announcement that he has entered the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon. The Tennessee-native is the second Tiger running back to throw his name in, following St. Louis-native Taj Butts. Harris came to MU as a three-star recruit in the class of 2021, ranked by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive back Marcus Scott became the fourth Tiger to enter the transfer portal over the course of seven days, on Sunday. Scott made the announcement on social media. He said, “from top to bottom Mizzou has been a first class organization and institution, and I feel blessed to have been here.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou sophomore running back Taj Butts announced Saturday that he has entered the transfer portal. The St. Louis native from DeSmet High School came to MU in 2021. He redshirted his freshman year and last yearapp eared in six games and even received his first career start at South Carolina. He didn’t
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team had two players enter the transfer portal and one switch his commitment on Thursday. The biggest blow of the day for the Tigers came when Hazelwood Central four-star defensive lineman Tionne Gray flipped his commitment from Mizzou to Oregon. Gray had been committed to Mizzou for just 26 days.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou offensive lineman Luke Griffin became the second Tiger lineman to enter the portal on Friday morning. The announcements come just days after MU hired a new offensive line coach. Griffin started in eight games over the last three seasons at guard, with six of those starts coming in 2021. Overall, he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football now has a new addition to the coaching staff after Eli Drinkwitz announced Brandon Jones ad the Tigers’ offensive line coach Wednesday afternoon. Jones has more than 15 years of coaching experience, most recently spending the past four seasons at Houston where he coached the offensive line and served as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on PowerMizzou’s Gabe DeArmond in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two put a bow on the Mizzou men’s and women’s hoops seasons. The Tiger men’s team finished 25-10 overall, making it to the program’s first SEC Tournament semifinals and falling out in the
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