Kansas City Star · May 3, 2017
Mizzou spring review: Graduation takes hefty toll on cornerbacks’ experience
Three years ago, Missouri found itself in a similar position after E.J. Gaines and Randy Ponder graduated, leaving a gaping hole at cornerback for a defense with something to prove.
In stepped a pair of redshirt freshmen, Aarion Penton and John Gibson, and the defense helped propel the Tigers to a second straight SEC Championship Game appearance.
Now, it’s Penton and Gibson who’ve moved on and the same fears about Mizzou’s lack of experience on the boundary are cropping up when surveying next season’s roster.
If some combination of senior Logan Cheadle and sophomores DeMarkus Acy and Christian Holmes wind up as productive as Penton and Gibson, those fears will prove to be unfounded.