2024 Top 40 Mizzou Tigers: #20 through #16

This offseason, I am previewing the Missouri football season with a countdown of the Top 40 Most Important Tigers for the 2024 season. I wanted to highlight players with high potential that could raise the ceiling of the team, those with a proven track record that would be key cogs, and still find room to celebrate talented players in crowded rooms that could be the important Tigers of the future.

What defines an important player? Excellent play, of course, especially at important positions. Players who have high ceilings and low floors: high variance could define how a specific position group performs. Players at positions that are thin on the depth chart or looking to rebound after a tough…