Top 40 Tigers: Intro and Honorable Mention

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesLast offseason, I previewed the Missouri football season by counting down the Top 40 Most Important Tigers for the 2023 season. I wanted to highlight players with high potential that could raise the ceiling of the team (Daylan Carnell), and those with a proven track record that would be key cogs (Ty’Ron Hopper).

The most important players are those with both, where experience and proven production also meets critical upside.

What defines an important player? Excellent play, of course, especially at important positions. Players who have high ceilings and low floors: high variance could define how a specific position group performs. Players…