@hoodtiger's Burden thread, and a few of the comments in there got me thinking: if I had to assemble the absolute best All-Mizzou team from the years 2001-Present that I could, who would those players be? So, here's my 2-deep (and maybe some 3-deeps for a couple positions). For the OL, I'm just going with the "best 5" vs. where they played, as so many played multiple positions in college and then a different position in the NFL. This is not a "who had the best career at Mizzou" thing. This is, if I wanted to build an All-Mizzou team that would beat any other iteration and be more well-rounded, who would be on that team. Your objective is to build a Mizzou team based on players from 2001-Present that would beat this one. Again, I'm not looking solely at their stats, but the full array of attributes they bring to the team:
OFFENSE
QB1 - Chase Daniel
QB2 - Brad Smith
QB3 - Drew Lock
RB1 - Tyler Badie
RB2 - Larry Rountree III
Honorable Mention - Cody Schrader & Henry Josey
TE1a - Chase Coffman
TE1b - Martin Rucker
TE2 - Albert Okwuegbunam
Honorable Mention - Brett Norfleet (yep, super early in his career, but dude's a beast)
X1 - Danario Alexander
X2 - Justin Gage
Z1 - JMac
Z2 - J'Mon Moore (think this will be Speedy Johnson after 2024)
Slot1 - LB3
Slot2 - TJ Moe
First team OL:
Justin Britt
Mitch Morse
Evan Boehm
Tre'Vour Wallace-Simms
Cayden Green
2nd team OL:
Javon Foster
Connor McGovern
Kevin Pendleton
Armond Membou
Elvis Fisher
DEFENSE
LE1 - Markus Golden
LE2 - Shane Ray
RE1 - Aldon Smith
RE2 - Charles Harris
LDT1 - Justin Smith
LDT2 - Terry Beckner Jr.
RDT1 - Sheldon Richardson
RDT2 - Darius Robinson (his versatility gives him the edge for me over a strong list of DTs Mizzou's had over the last 20+ years)
DT Honorable mentions - Ziggy Hood & Dominique Hamilton
SAM1 - Sean Weatherspoon
SAM2 - Ty'Ron Hopper
MIKE1 - Nick Bolton
MIKE2 - Kentrell Brothers
Honorable mentions - Cale Garrett & Andrew Wilson
STAR1 - William Moore (dude would have been a monster playing STAR)
STAR2 - Daylan Carnell
CB1 - EJ Gaines
CB2 - Aarion Penton
CB1 - Kris Abrams-Draine
CB2 - Ennis Rakestraw
Nickel1 - Torian Pride
Nickel2 - Dreyden Norwood
SS1 - Pig Brown
SS2 - Jaylon Carlies
FS1 - Martez Manuel
FS2 - Joshua Bledsoe
K1 - Jeff Wolfert
K2 - Harrison Mevis
P1 - Corey Fatony
P2 - Trey Barrow
KR1 - JMac
KR2 - Marcus Murphy
PR1 - Marcus Murphy
PR2 - LB3 (fielding issues aside, his PR skills are incredible)
How different would your team look?
OFFENSE
QB1 - Chase Daniel
QB2 - Brad Smith
QB3 - Drew Lock
RB1 - Tyler Badie
RB2 - Larry Rountree III
Honorable Mention - Cody Schrader & Henry Josey
TE1a - Chase Coffman
TE1b - Martin Rucker
TE2 - Albert Okwuegbunam
Honorable Mention - Brett Norfleet (yep, super early in his career, but dude's a beast)
X1 - Danario Alexander
X2 - Justin Gage
Z1 - JMac
Z2 - J'Mon Moore (think this will be Speedy Johnson after 2024)
Slot1 - LB3
Slot2 - TJ Moe
First team OL:
Justin Britt
Mitch Morse
Evan Boehm
Tre'Vour Wallace-Simms
Cayden Green
2nd team OL:
Javon Foster
Connor McGovern
Kevin Pendleton
Armond Membou
Elvis Fisher
DEFENSE
LE1 - Markus Golden
LE2 - Shane Ray
RE1 - Aldon Smith
RE2 - Charles Harris
LDT1 - Justin Smith
LDT2 - Terry Beckner Jr.
RDT1 - Sheldon Richardson
RDT2 - Darius Robinson (his versatility gives him the edge for me over a strong list of DTs Mizzou's had over the last 20+ years)
DT Honorable mentions - Ziggy Hood & Dominique Hamilton
SAM1 - Sean Weatherspoon
SAM2 - Ty'Ron Hopper
MIKE1 - Nick Bolton
MIKE2 - Kentrell Brothers
Honorable mentions - Cale Garrett & Andrew Wilson
STAR1 - William Moore (dude would have been a monster playing STAR)
STAR2 - Daylan Carnell
CB1 - EJ Gaines
CB2 - Aarion Penton
CB1 - Kris Abrams-Draine
CB2 - Ennis Rakestraw
Nickel1 - Torian Pride
Nickel2 - Dreyden Norwood
SS1 - Pig Brown
SS2 - Jaylon Carlies
FS1 - Martez Manuel
FS2 - Joshua Bledsoe
K1 - Jeff Wolfert
K2 - Harrison Mevis
P1 - Corey Fatony
P2 - Trey Barrow
KR1 - JMac
KR2 - Marcus Murphy
PR1 - Marcus Murphy
PR2 - LB3 (fielding issues aside, his PR skills are incredible)
How different would your team look?
