Mizzou Hopes To Land Top Football Prospect In America Wednesday

The only piece of the puzzle left to put in place for the National Letter of Intent signing date Wednesday is the decision of Dorial Green-Beckham of Springfield, Missouri.

The Hillcrest High School senior, 6-foot-6, 220 pounds is the envy of every school in the nation. His picture was on the cover of a recent Parade Magazine, selected “Player of the Year.”

Green-Beckham could select from any major football program in America. Mum’s the word, but the world knows he’s going to play next year in the Southeast Conference.

The All-American receiver said "no" to national programs at Alabama, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma.

The two border states are in the final two—Arkansas and Missouri.

The star will announce his decision live on ESPNU Wednesday about 9 a.m. in St. Louis.

Missouri will either step onto the national stage, netting America’s top prospect, or head into the SEC conference next fall with more recruiting work to do.

This class coming in looks very solid for the Tigers.

Locally, two-way star Michael Scherer of MICDS (private school) is in, picking the Tigers over Stanford.

The Tigers will ink Edmund Ray, 6-foot-5, 290 pound tackle from Ritenour and Donavin Newsom, a 6-foot-2, 220 pound hard-hitting linebacker from Parkway North.

Markus Golden of Affton High School kind of slips into Columbia unnoticed. Grown to 6-foot-3, 230, Golden was the area’s leading rusher for the Cougars two years ago. He went from there to junior college.

One year ago, the Tigers won the battle for the services of Sheldon Richardson, 6-foot-4, 290 pound defensive tackle from Gateway Tech. Richardson too went to junior college, his choice was in California. The Tigers won out over USC, Miami, and other big time programs.

This year’s 19-man list (so far) includes outstanding players from  Missouri, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio.

Maty Mauk set four national quarterback records for his team in Kenton, Ohio. Mauk is a Gary Pinkel prototype quarterback.

The Tigers are deep with signal callers, James Franklin, returning junior; Corbin Berkstresser and now Mauk give the Tigers a lot of depth.

Will they have the depth of talent to match LSU, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina and the like will be the question going forward at Mizzou?