COLUMBIA, Mo. — For Missouri kicker Tucker McCann, games against South Carolina have been a bit of a roller coaster. He didn’t start against the Gamecocks his freshman year, benched for an undisclosed off-field issue. In 2017, one of his kickoffs was returned 97 yards for a touchdown that shifted the momentum toward the Gamecocks.
As a junior last year, he and special teams coordinator Andy Hill had a miscommunication before an early kickoff, and McCann’s short kick handed South Carolina prime field position. Later, though, he hit a career-long field goal of 57 yards that went into the record book as the second-longest in school history and gave Missouri a late lead.