Cayden Green committed to Oklahoma.
The Sooners were the proverbial favorite to land the 4-star top 100 Offensive Tackle out of Lee’s Summit North High School for months. Mizzou was playing catchup, and reportedly nearly caught up. The final four for Green were listed as Oklahoma, LSU, Nebraska and Missouri. But it really came down to whether Mizzou could move the needle enough to pull Green away from Norman. In the end, even a fantastic official visit wasn’t enough.
Losing out on in-state top 100 players has long been par for the course in Missouri recruiting. But the Eli Drinkwitz took the job and reset fan expectations, which is why there was an outspoken negative reaction to the Tigers losing out on Green.