Brandon Jones and the Rebuilt Offensive Line

William Purnell-USA TODAY SportsOn April 24th, the 2024 Missouri Tigers football team saw a bump in talent level when SMU all-conference left tackle Marcus Bryant committed to finishing his college career in Columbia. It was the latest domino to fall in an impressive rebuild of an offensive line that only two years ago was one of the worst in the Power Five. The rebuild, driven by transfers and new position coach Brandon Jones, keyed last year’s powerhouse offense on the way to the Cotton Bowl, and has Eli Drinkwitz’s Tigers well situated for success in the coming seasons.

It is no secret that winning in the SEC is driven by high-level play in the trenches. In the early seasons of the…