Reports: Mizzou football set to lose four more players to the transfer portal
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A quartet of Tigers announced their decision to change schools next season.
With just a few days until the transfer portal officially opens, the Mizzou football team continues to thin out. Four more players are reportedly set to depart from MU: Running back Tavorus Jones, safety CJ Bass III, Cornerback Mark Manfred III, and offensive lineman Jaylen Early. 18 players from the team are now set to leave on Jan. 2 when the two-week window begins.
Tavorus Jones has been with the Tigers since 2022, and announced his decision to leave on his Instagram. In his three years of active play, he's totaled 27 carries for 111 yards and one touchdown, which came this year against in week five against UMass.
CJ Bass III and Mark Manfred III are the latest true freshman to leave the team after just their first season. Bass came to Mizzou from St. Louis and was a top-10 player in the state of Missouri according to On3 recruiting. The former 4 star played in three games this season and recorded four tackles, all coming in the opener against Central Arkansas.
Manfred is the first cornerback to leave the Tigers so far. The former three star came to Columbia by way of Georgia and redshirted his first year here. The pair are the sixth and seventh members of the 2025 class to enter the portal.
The fourth departure of the day was Florida State transfer Jaylen Early. The former seminole spent one year in Columbia and saw action in three games. The redshirt junior has a final season of eligibility remaining, but will be taking his talents elsewhere in the spring.
You can find a full list of all of Mizzou's transfer portal entries below.
- Quarterback Beau Pribula
- Wide receiver Marquis Johnson
- Wide receiver Joshua Manning
- Wide receiver James Madison II
- Running back Marquise Davis
- Running back Brenden Haygood
- Running back Tavorus Jones
- Offensive tackle Jayven Richardson
- Offensive tackle Johnny Williams IV
- Offensive lineman Brandon Solis
- Offensive lineman Jaylen Early
- Offensive lineman Henry Fenuku
- Defensive end Javion Hilson
- Safety Caleb Flagg (left the team in Sept.)
- Safety CJ Bass III
- Cornerback Mark Manfred III
- Kicker Roert Meyer
- Kicker Ryder Goodwin
