Mizzou Spring Football Preview: Special teams

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 the beginning of these goals begins with the spring ball, which will begin in the next few weeks.

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, the special teams come.

Can Blake Craig be more consistent?

Before Blake Craig Nailed in the fourth quarter of Mizzous 27-24 victory over two 50 yard fields Iowa In the Music City Bowl it felt like it was on shaky soil.

He joined the game after he had gone goal attempts in season 22 of 32 at Field, while he was between 40 and 49 yards 1-of-7 in experiments. Since he stepped on campus, Craig has shown several times through the training and the games that he has the step strength, but accuracy has always been the question mark.

In this game there was a with Craig and the season he had assumed that Mu would bring a kicker over the portal to at least push it.

He had three games in which he missed several field goals and seven games in which he missed at least one field gate or Pat.

His booming leg and the possibility of getting a coupling several times during the season has secured the start -kick job for another year, but can he be more consistent and achieve this field target percentage to 80% or higher?

With the heights that Mizzou tries to reach, Craig may have to win one or two games to the team. Despite him, the tigers cannot get any further on how they did a few times last year, and they definitely cannot lose because of them.

Can Shaun Terry be the primary punt return option as a newcomer? Will Johnson and Manning remain the return in the Kick return?

We have made a TOO-EAR-Special team deep-range diagram forecast. So you can read more about whom we could be here for the Start Returner, but something Eliah Drinkwitz Said during his signature day, who is still in the air.

When he describes Terry, he called him an “elite” director.

That took a few days for Terry I ironton to lead (Ohio) For a state championship title behind a monstrous performance, in which he recorded 11 receptions for 155 yards and two touchdowns to switch on two wearing for 75 yards and a touchdown.

In the defense, he recorded four duels and had returned to 42 yards, while he brought in 35 yards at the same time.

He is also a great view of reception, but the fastest way for him to find playing time will probably be in special teams. Mu has some veterans like Daniel Blood Who can and can still bring back to, but blood should see more offensive snapshots when he fights for the WR4 place.

If he does this, Terry can take on this role.

When it comes to returning, the first two options are Joshua Manning and Marquis “Speedy” Johnson. They were the most important returnees in 2024 and together they made 22 of the team's 23 kick returns. You could do it again in 2025, but you are expected to be starter. Does Mizzou really want to have two thirds of his start-wide receiver unit at Kick Return?

Marvin Burks started the security of a return for three meters. It is another experienced option.

Mizzou has several other players who could be options. These are just the returning with experience.

What can you really expect from Connor Weselman?

In the last three seasons, Missouri has brought a transfer spun.

In 2023 it was Ryan Williams formerly from Murray State. He separated the pregnant duties with walk -in Luke Bauer. Then, in 2024, it was Orion PhillipsWilliams' replacement in Murray State, who would replace him at MU. He would lose the position battle against farmer in the autumn camp and not see the field before changing Utah This low season.

Bauer had another year of justification Stanford player Connor Weselman Replace in him.

Weselman did not see the field last season as it was Aidan Flintoftwhich took all 43 Punts from Stanford for an average of 42.9 meters per punt.

Weselman was the primary period of the team in 2023 and had 22 punks for an average of 42.2 yards per punt.

What can we expect from him after we haven't pushed for two years? Can he clearly be the guy?

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