Tigers Get Back In Winners’ Circle, LB3 Projected #7 in the NFL Draft

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Today we’re talking about football, even though Mizzou’s season is in the rearview mirror. Of course, Rock M Nation will have all sorts of off-season coverage of the Tiger program leading up to spring camp, but there’s lots of stuff to keep tabs on going forward.

One exciting aspect is the 2025 NFL Draft, at which we expect to see a handful of Tigers hear their name called. Luther Burden III, even though his statistical production in 2024 didn’t match his output in 2023, is still expected to be a first-round pick by most analysts.

A mock draft done by SBNation has Burden going number seven overall in this year’s draft, going to the New York Jets. For our guys’…