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Eli Drinkwitz lost quantity but added quality in this year’s transfer portal

Free agency is upon us, college football fans. It’s not technically called free agency, of course. Because these are “student athletes” and they’re not technically paid. But, let’s be honest, what we’ve witnessed over the last six-plus months has been the collegiate version of the NFL’s free agency period.

Of course, I’m referencing the transfer portal. If you’ve spent any amount of time consuming Mizzou content this offseason, you’ve probably read about the pros and cons of the portal.

It started with a boom, adding exciting talents like former Rice linebacker Blaze Alldredge, former Ohio State wide receiver Mookie Cooper and former Oklahoma offensive guard EJ Ndoma-Ogar.