Still feeling the effects of a bad loss to Wyoming and the decommitment of top-recruit Antonio Doyle last week, the Missouri football program started trending back up when local product Jalen Logan-Redding announced he was staying in Columbia on Monday.
On Thursday, Barry Odom’s 2020 class got an even bigger boost with the huge commitment of Javian Hester.
A four-star wide receiver out of Booker T. Washington in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hester had a long list of suitors that included high-profile Power 5 teams like Georgia, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas and Ohio State. The Sooners and the Longhorns were presumed to be the favorites to land Hester once he announced his commitment date, but the Tigers eventually jumped to the top in the most recent crystal ball projections by 247Sports.