COLUMBIA, Mo. — Eli Drinkwitz turned heads around the Southeastern Conference with his 2021 recruiting class, his first complete class as Missouri’s head coach and the program’s first top-20 group in more than a decade. A class that ranked No. 19 by Rivals.com — and seventh in the SEC — hauled in five four-star recruits, one more than MU’s four previous classes combined.
The Class of 2021 didn’t make major splashes on the field last fall — only one Mizzou player made the SEC’s All-Freshman Team, and since has transferred to another SEC team — but that could change this year.