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Running back Damarea Crockett leaves Mizzou for NFL draft

COLUMBIA, MO. • After sitting out the final two games of the season, Missouri junior running back Damarea Crockett has decided he won't return to the Tigers next season and will enter the NFL draft. Crockett was a 1,000-yard rusher as a freshman in 2016 but missed parts of the last two seasons with injuries.

"My journey here at Mizzou has been nothing less than amazing from beginning to end," Crockett said in a Twitter post Monday afternoon. "The people I have crossed paths with during my time here has given me a different outlook on life.