This is the latest in a series of stories highlighting the top 30 Mizzou athletes Dave Matter has covered in his time writing about the Tigers since the late 1990s. The series will run every day Monday through Friday.
Gary Pinkel was sitting in a golf cart, taking cover from the blistering sun on Faurot Field. It was the summer of 2013. He waved me over. “Check this out,” he said.
It was just another day during a summer Mizzou football camp, but on this day, the crowd started to gather around one part of the field to watch a 16-year-old sling passes.