Columbia News

Missouri Tigers football held a scrimmage at Hunter Stadium on the campus of Lindenwood University in St. Charles as part of their preseason preparations. The event was designed to simulate a road trip experience for the team ahead of the upcoming season.

"I wanted to see where we were at," said Tigers coach Eliah Drinkwitz after the scrimmage. "I wanted to see from a mentality standpoint, you know, would we start fast? Did we have the right mindset? Did we come out ready to play? In a road game, you can't ease into it. You look at our poor performances last year, three of them on the road. We were really, really slow, and that can't happen. We have to start fast, and that's something that you can learn now and apply it instead of having to learn after you go on the road. They knew I was I was disappointed with that slow start."

After practice, Drinkwitz announced nine players selected by their teammates as 2025 team captains: quarterbacks Sam Horn and Beau Pribula; offensive linemen Cayden Green and Connor Tollison; defensive end Zion Young; linebacker Khalil Jacobs; safeties Daylan Carnell and Jalen Catalon; and wide receiver Logan Muckey as special teams representative.

"I've never had that many (captains), but it's one of those things where I knew this class had strong leadership and guys believed in them," Drinkwitz said. "So excited about that."

The Tigers are set to open their 2025 season at home against Central Arkansas on Thursday, August 28 at Memorial Stadium.

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