COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is in the middle of spring camp and head coach Eli Drinkwitz said ahead of the fifth practice that the best parts has been watching the young guys/transfers sharpen their skills, as well as seeing the veterans continue to compete. Drinkwitz also said this is a time to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The young Mizzou offense is going back to the basics during spring camp as they learn a new offense during first year offensive coordinator Kirby Moore. “Spring ball is pretty early, but as far as being productive, those last three weeks in February we had a little bit of a smaller install
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s Chris Kwiecinski this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about both Mizzou men’s basketball and football. Head coach Dennis Gates and company beat Ole Miss on Saturday to end regular-season action. That and an Auburn win, earned MU a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two practices are in the books for Mizzou football’s spring camp, as the annual Spring Game is just 16 days away, on March 18th. You can watch extended highlights of the second practice in the video player below. https://youtu.be/Xl0CVKjhjb4 The team announced that four players stood out on day one. Wide receiver
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Blake Baker enters his second season at the helm of the Mizzou defense, his group is being led by veteran leadership. Baker said Wednesday that he was surprised with the amount of guys that announced they would be staying at MU for another season. “In all honesty I thought at least
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team held its first spring practice on Tuesday afternoon. The team will hold practices all the way up until the annual Spring Game on March 18. You can watch extended highlights from practice in the video player below. https://youtu.be/KszHGZxla-Q Just as head coach Eli Drinkwitz said on Monday, quarterback
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said that two of his quarterbacks will be limited to start spring camp, but one of them should be able to participate in a fuller capacity by the weekend. You can watch the full press conference with Drinkwitz in the video player below. https://youtu.be/EF9jVFnCqSM Brady Cook, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Every True Tiger Foundation team in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Mizzou hoops alum Laurence Bowers, former Mizzou football player Bud Sasser and CEO of Every True Tiger Nick Garner joined her at the desk. The four talked about how the foundation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie brought on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Dave Matter in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about an up and down week for the Mizzou men’s basketball team. The group upset No. 25 Arkansas, but ended up falling to No. 4 Alabama in front of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new quarterback is coming to Columbia. Former Miami Hurricanes QB Jake Garcia announced his commitment to the Tigers on Friday afternoon. The former Top-25 recruit entered the transfer portal on Tuesday and quickly made a decision from there. He redshirted in his first year at Miami, in 2021, and played in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s offensive line gained one, crucial returner on Saturday afternoon. Starting left tackle Javon Foster announced that he will be returning for his sixth year of eligibility in 2023. The veteran has appeared in all of the last four seasons for the Tigers, after taking a redshirt year in 2018. Foster currently
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football found out Tuesday afternoon that another key piece of the defense will be returning for the 2023, with linebacker Ty’ron Hopper announcing that he’s staying with the Tigers. The Mizzou football twitter page made the official return video. Hopper finished his first year in Columbia second on the team to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just six days after he announced that he would be returning to Mizzou for one more season, defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat announced he will be entering the transfer portal on Monday. On Tuesday, Jeffcoat said that he would be returning for his fifth season in 2023. However, he has since deleted the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Football Foundation announced that former Mizzou wide receiver Jeremy Maclin will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023. He is the eighth Tiger football alum to enter the Hall. Maclin will be joining the Hall of Fame just one year after his former coach, Gary Pinkel,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz introduced the Tigers’ new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kirby Moore, before the start of the MU men’s basketball game on Saturday morning. Moore is joining Drinkwitz’s staff after six years at Fresno State, where he most recently served as the offensive coordinator in 2022. Drinkwitz said
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz named Kirby Moore as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou linebacker Michael Scherer landed his first defensive coordinator job on Thursday. The 29-year-old will take over at UNLV on his former head coach Barry Odom’s staff. Scherer worked with Odom at Arkansas, before the head coach took the job at UNLV in December. He spent two seasons coaching the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back Elijah Young announced that he will be entering the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon after three seasons in Columbia. The junior saw more game action earlier in the 2022 season, but Young faded more to the background as the season went on and Truman State transfer Cody Schrader became
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive coordinator Blake Baker received some good news on Tuesday morning. Standout defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat said he will be staying in Columbia for one more season. 2023 will be Jeffcoat’s sixth season with Mizzou. He saw action in every single one of his seasons, except for his redshirt year in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Darius Robinson started off 2023 by announcing that he will return to Columbia for one more season, instead of declaring for the NFL Draft. In a social media post on Sunday, Robinson said, “I was blessed with the opportunity to start my NFL career now. However, I’m committed to
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