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Settle in, this is probably going to be the longest and most packed Chamber we've ever written. There are going to be a ton of names. If a name is not here, that means we don't know anything or have no new information on that player. But we're going to give you everything about every player we do know something about. We'll start with a hoops note, get into high school prospects left on Missouri's football board with signing day 12 days away and then dive into the transfer situation.
BASKETBALL RECRUITING
Earlier this week @drewking0222 put in a FutureCast for Tolton point guard Aaron Rowe to Mizzou. Rowe took an official visit to Missouri last weekend. Going into the visit, there was a lot of confidence. Coming out of it, there was more. You've seen a few other people follow suit and predict Rowe to Mizzou. We don't have a specific time frame on that. Don't really expect it before Christmas or anything. But we do anticipate Rowe will kickstart Mizzou's 2025 class. And getting a top 25 player to stay home is a pretty good way to start.
FOOTBALL RECRUITING
HIGH SCHOOL RANKS
Before we get into this weekend's visitors and the 2024 class, Mizzou extended an offer to 2025 DeSmet QB Dillon Duff on Thursday. We reached out to Duff for his reaction to the offer: "It was definitely a different feeling getting an in-state offer, especially from an excelling program like Mizzou. I’ve grown up watching mizzou and had family members be apart of the team…it’s a pretty big deal to me." We wouldn't rule out an early commitment here.
- J'Marion Burnette, RB: The former Auburn commit will make his way to Missouri for his official visit this weekend. He's been very pro-Mizzou on social media the last couple of months and the Tigers appear to be a favorite here as they look to add one or two backfield options from the high school ranks.
Lancaster (Tex.) RB Kewan Lacy was in for an official visit to watch Missouri knock off Florida recently. He will take an official to Alabama the weekend of Dec. 15th. Ole Miss is also in pursuit. Eli Drinkwitz recently did an in-home visit with Lacy this past weekend. There is a lot of confidence coming out of Oxford and Lacy has called Alabama his dream school. It is not an easy battle. Missouri is going to keep fighting until it knows there is no reason to fight. Right now, we wouldn't forecast Lacy ends up at Mizzou, but the Tigers will do everything they can to try to change that.
COMMITS BACK IN TOWN
Ryan Jostes
Whit Hafer
Talan Chandler
Jaylen Brown
- Missouri will also host a handful of commitments this weekend, none bigger than Jaylen Brown. LSU offered the three-star defensive end after he committed to Mizzou in August, but Brown was recently back in CoMo for Missouri's win over Florida and will be back in official capacity this weekend. It seems Mizzou is in excellent shape heading into the early signing period.
Here are the other uncommitted (or committed elsewhere) high school prospects that are left on the board right now:
Courtney Crutchfield -- Mizzou will do an in-home with Crutchfield on Sunday and currently anticipates an official visit next weekend
Jaren Sensabaugh -- Sensabaugh took an unofficial visit during the season and decommitted from Vandy after the trip. We expect him back in town next weekend and would peg Mizzou as the favorite.
Caleb Pyfrom -- The one-time Illinois commitment will take his official to Mizzou next weekend. The Tigers have to be considered the leader here
Trajan Greco -- Mizzou has been a strong leader for Greco since he decommitted from Georgia Tech. USC offered and you can't discount that, but if he makes it to Columbia next weekend uncommitted, we'd feel strongly he will end up at Mizzou.
Kavion Broussard -- Broussard committed to Miami back in August and kind of slipped off our radar. However it appears Missouri has kept in contact and still has a shot. He's probably the most up in the air prospect on this list, but if he makes the visit next weekend, it's obviously a major plus.
If the Tigers can add Burnette and these five, that takes the high school class to 22. Obviously Lacy would be a take and would make it 23, but as we said, we think that's pretty tough right now. We don''t see Mizzou venturing outside this list of seven unless something drastically changes or someone unexpected comes back on the market between now and December 20.
