St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 8, 2017
Mizzou notes: Prewett figures into Mizzou's plans on defense
Missouri safeties Zane Jacoby (left) and Kaleb Prewett practice intercepting passes during the first day of Missouri football training camp on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.comCOLUMBIA, MO. • An important item on Barry Odom’s to-do list this spring is Missouri’s defensive substitution packages, namely the nickel and dime groupings the Tigers plan to use in place of their 4-3 base defense this year. Mizzou rarely strayed from its three-linebacker look last season, but Odom wants a more versatile defense this fall, a unit that matches up against the spread formations they’ll see from week to week.