Mizzou Spring Football Preview: Cornerbacks

Missouri Football will try to write history in 2025 by winning double-digit games in the third season and creating the college football playoffs, both of which would be first for the program. But these goals start with Spring Ball, the Friday begins.

Since Missouri's last regular game of the season, there have been several significant changes in the roster of Armand Membou And Luther Burden III Announcement of their intentions to enter the NFL design of 2025 as well as projected picks in the first round Brady Cook And Johnny Walker After playing their last games of their college career when they exhausted their justification.

We will drive the action lines and / and questions for every position. Next come the cornerbacks.

Mizzou kept six of his eight top cornerbacks, with the only downhill reserves being reserves Marcus Clarke And Jaren Sensabaugh. However, the team signed the former Cougar Stephen Hall in Washington State Cougar and three-star brochure Mark Manfred.

With so much returning production, the question is very simple.

Is Stephen Hall the answer at Cornerback?

What does this question really mean, can Hall be a quality starter for the team? It's not like buying a Ennis Rakestraw or Kris Abrams draine.

The former Cougars team captain will come back after the admission of 50 duels, four duels for losses, three passable controls and a interception for a touchdown in 2024. It allowed 50 receptions for 78 destinations for 598 yards and two touchdowns.

He is anything but perfect, but given the fights that the position had in 2024, you can see why the team wanted to get another corner.

Dreyden Norwood Will probably keep his starting place so that the hall will come in and get the chance to run a lot with the defense of the first team in spring ball Torian proud And Nic Deloach.

The latter two divide the CB2 snapshots last year and dealt with inconsistency all year round.

Proudly enabled 24 receptions for 390 yards (team high) and two touchdowns for 43 destinations (team high).

He achieved 22 duels, two interceptions (one returned to a touchdown) and four bends of the passport.

In the meantime, Deloach 23 duels, a duel for losses and four passable steering were recorded, while 17 receptions were approved on 30 destinations for 301 yards and two touchdowns.

Hall makes the two-deep at least a little better whether it starts or not, but you would think that the team hopes that he will do it.

Will there be another Nic Deloach sighting?

During the autumn camp, Deloach began to praise his teammates and coaches how much he improved in the off -season. Obviously, it led to the redshirt playing in all 13 games and seven of them began.

Obviously, autumn camp and spring ball are much different, but they understand the point. Last spring, however Cameron key It was an early participant who noticed a little because of its speed and his ability to really beat despite his smaller frame.

Will we get a key or a Deloach sighting this time?

Will A Shamar McNeil Watch as someone who can fight repetitions as a redemshirt in the second year? The same is now considered a newcomer to Keys. Can he show that he deserves some defenders?

Will someone like Manfred, an early participant, show something? Spring ball for the early participants is more about the basics, the learning of the play book and the conditioning of college athletes, but it would certainly be a bonus if the 6-foot 1 and 175 pound newcomers could have some note (although there is not much pressure and does not have much pressure for it).

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Offensive line

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Line of defense

Line backer

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