Three-time NCAA wrestling champion and Olympic bronze medalist J’den Cox won’t play football for Missouri next season, a source told The Star.
Instead, Cox accepted a position on Thursday as a volunteer assistant with the Tigers wrestling program, and he will continue to compete in international wrestling competitions.
Cox first hinted at the possibility of joining Mizzou football in late August after returning from the Rio Olympics, where he claimed a freestyle wrestling bronze medal at 86 kilograms.
After wrapping up a third NCAA title at 197 pounds in March, Cox met several times with Tigers football coach Barry Odom, who was receptive to having Cox join the team as a fifth-year senior.