University of Missouri Head Football Coach Barry Odom announced today the signing of six more standout student-athletes to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to attend Mizzou and play football for the Tigers.
The latest to join Odom’s program as part of the 2018 class include prep all-stars Tyler Badie (RB – Memphis, Tenn.), Nick Bolton (LB – Frisco, Texas), Xavier Delgado (OL – Glendale, Ariz), Jatorian Hansford (DE – Forsyth, Ga.) and Bobby Lawrence (OL – St. Joseph, Mo.), as well as junior college standout Lindsay Scott, Jr. (QB – Zachary, La./East Mississippi CC). The addition of this group brings the current class size number to 25, after 19 standout athletes signed with Mizzou during the first-ever early signing period from Dec. 20-22.
Odom and the Tiger coaching staff will canvas the state of Missouri over the following two weeks to meet fans and discuss the 2018 signing class, and all things related to Mizzou Football, at four upcoming recruiting events. The caravan begins Feb. 13th in Columbia, and then travels to Kansas City on Feb. 15th, followed the next week with stops in Springfield (Feb. 21st) and St. Louis (Feb. 22nd). Visit MUTigers.com for all the details on how to pre-register to attend these exciting events.
The Mizzou program, fresh off its seven-win season and first bowl appearance since 2014, is currently in the middle of off-season conditioning in preparation for spring camp, which is set to start on March 6th. A seven-game home schedule awaits Tiger fans in the fall of 2018, including games against Georgia, Arkansas, Kentucky and Vanderbilt in the SEC, with non-conference games versus Memphis, Wyoming and UT-Martin.
Announced Feb. 7, 2018 (As of 9:30 a.m. CT)
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/Prev. School)
Tyler Badie RB 5-9 170 Memphis, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian)
Nick Bolton LB 6-0 227 Frisco, Texas (Lone Star)
Xavier Delgado OL 6-5 300 Glendale, Ariz. (Deer Valley)
Jatorian Hansford DE 6-4 222 Forsyth, Ga. (Mary Persons)
Bobby Lawrence OL 6-8 300 St. Joseph, Mo. (Central)
Lindsay Scott, Jr. QB 5-11 210 Zachary, La. (LSU/East Mississippi CC)
Announced Dec. 20-22, 2017
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/Prev. School)
Chad Bailey LB 6-0 235 Missouri City, Texas (Ridge Point)
Harry Ballard III WR 6-2 205 Florissant, Mo. (McCluer North/Jones County JC)
Simi Bakare RB 5-11 195 Round Rock, Texas (Cedar Ridge)
Tyrone Collins DB 5-11 165 Bradenton, Fla. (Braden River)
Javon Foster OL 6-6 300 West Bloomfield, Mich. (West Bloomfield)
Dominic Gicinto WR 5-9 170 Raytown, Mo. (Raytown)
Danny Gray WR 6-1 175 Dallas, Texas (James Madison)
Trajan Jeffcoat DE 6-3 220 Columbia, S.C. (Irmo)
Jalen Knox WR 6-0 180 Mansfield, Texas (Timberview)
Chris Mills DB 6-0 185 Converse, Texas (Judson)
Gerald Nathan, Jr. LB 6-1 200 Charlotte, N.C. (Vance)
Daniel Parker DE 6-4 245 Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs)
Mike Ruth OL 6-7 325 Coppell, Texas (Coppell)
Kam Scott WR 6-2 180 Manvel, Texas (Manvel)
Messiah Swinson TE 6-7 260 Glen Head, N.Y. (Lutheran)
Antar Thompson DT 6-5 310 St. Louis, Mo. (Richmond Heights/Highland CC)
Khmari Thompson WR 6-1 195 Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett)
Jarvis Ware DB 6-1 175 Apopka, Fla. (Wekiva)
Cameron Wilkins LB 6-2 223 Del Valle, Texas (Del Valle)
BREAKDOWN BY STATE
Arizona (1) – Delgado (Glendale)
Florida (2) – Collins (Bradenton), Ware (Apopka)
Georgia (2) – Hansford (Forsyth), Thompson (Lawrenceville)
Louisiana (1) – Scott (Zachary)
North Carolina (1) – Nathan (Charlotte)
Michigan (1) – Foster (West Bloomfield)
Missouri (5) – Ballard III (Florissant), Gicinto (Raytown), Lawrence (St. Joseph), Parker (Blue Springs), Thompson (St. Louis)
New York (1) – Swinson (Lutheran)
South Carolina (1) – Jeffcoat (Columbia)
Tennessee (1) – Badie (Memphis)
Texas (9) – Bailey (Missouri City), Bakare (Round Rock), Bolton (Frisco), Gray (Dallas), Knox (Mansfield), Mills (Converse), Ruth (Coppell), Scott (Manvel), Wilkins (Del Valle)
