COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is just 16 days away from the start of the 2022 season. With a lot of the depth at certain positions on the roster this season, the coaches are starting to determine who is ready to get into the starting rotations. Defensive coordinator Blake Baker says the first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Heading into the final week of fall camp, Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said he wants to build on his team’s identity before the Tigers kick off against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 1. Specifically, Drinkwitz said he wanted more toughness and intensity from his guys. “I didn’t think today we finished or
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show,’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics launched a one-of-a-kind ticket program where both students and athletes can earn a profit on Friday afternoon. The new initiative will allow students to make money selling single-game tickets to any sporting event on campus. Students who sign up will earn 20 percent commission on any ticket sold. The program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics named former Tiger linebacker Brandon Lee the first-ever assistant athletic director for Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), on Thursday. Lee played for MU 2014 to 2018, finishing his career with more than 120 total tackles, including seven for a loss. Off the gridiron, he also served in the SEC’s leadership
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team answered one of the biggest questions of the off season on Tuesday night. Sophomore Brady Cook will be the Tigers’ starting quarterback for Mizzou’s season opener on Sept. 1. You can watch extended highlights of Mizzou’s practice in the video player below. https://youtu.be/xwcMISeizXU “I wouldn’t say I was
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Eli Drinkwitz has named Brady Cook the starting quarterback for Mizzou’s first game of the season.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sophomore quarterback Brady Cook has been named the starting quarterback for the Mizzou Tigers. As a redshirt freshman last season, Cook played in five games, earning the start in the Armed Forces Bowl against Army West Point. He finished the bowl game 27-of-34 for 238 yards and one touchdown and rushed for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It was announced Tuesday that MU football’s Tauskie Dove is on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List. This award recognizes the top offensive player in DI football who also shows: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community and tenacity. Nominees must meet one or more of the following: born in Texas
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Defensive coordinator Blake Baker says that he wants to give the defensive room a “breath of fresh air” by leaving last year in last year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said the competition for who will be MU’s starting center is wide open through four days of fall camp. Redshirt freshman Connor Tollison took a large portion of the reps at center at Thursday’s practice. The Missouri native made an impression on Drinkwitz through spring ball and
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Mizzou football opened training camp Monday with a lot of questions about the roster.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team kicked off the 2022 edition of fall camp on Monday morning, as the battles for starting spots begin. You can watch extended highlights from the first day of fall camp in the video player below. https://youtu.be/Pgmnv_pKaxE “I’ve been practicing some of my dad jokes most of the summer
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will begin preparations for the 2022 season on Monday, as fall camp will kick off in the morning. The Tigers, for the second year in a row, come into camp with a quarterback battle on their hands. Sophomore Brady Cook, redshirt freshman Tyler Macon, freshman Sam Horn, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three-star cornerback Shamar McNeil announced his commitment Saturday to continue his football career at Mizzou. The 6’3″ CB out of the class of 2023 is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is Mizzou’s ninth commitment for the class of 2023 and the second cornerback including Les Hewitt from Mississippi Gulf Coast. McNeil had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s Barrett Banister is a member of the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, which honors college football players who serve others, celebrate their positive impact on society and inspire greater service in the world. A cum laude graduate in the spring of 2021, Banister is a 2022 AFCA Good Works Team
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Mizzou junior kicker Harrison Mevis is among the 30 kickers named to the 2022 Lou Groza Award Watch List, released by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. As Mevis enters his third season, he has been a finalist in both 2021 and 2020 for the award. His 19 field goals from at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four-star wide receiver from Lee’s Summit, Joshua Manning, announced Thursday night that he will continue his career at Mizzou. Manning held a commitment ceremony at Lee’s Summit where he announced he’ll be staying in-state to play for the Tigers. As a junior last season, the 6’3″ prospect had 69 receptions for 900
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ATLANTA, Ga. (KMIZ) “Our culture is starting to be set,” was the words of Coach Eli Drinkwitz at SEC Media Days ahead of the 2022 season. Drinkwitz is entering his third season as the head coach of the Tiger’s football team. With that, he says it’s important to have a winning record, and he relies
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