Workhorse-less, the Mizzou running game continues to thrive

Entering the 2024 season, one of the biggest questions the Mizzou offense had to answer was how they were going to replace the SEC’s leading rusher and a top 10 Heisman candidate in Tiger legend Cody Schrader. Minus an obvious heir apparent to the “Workhorse Running Back Extraordinaire” position that Eli Drinkwitz has favored during his time at Mizzou, the coaching staff turned to the portal to answer that question.

Bringing in not one, but two 1,000-yard rushers from G5 programs, Eli Drinkwitz insisted that his offense would not try to replace the singular Cody Schrader with one player. Rather, they would use a holistic approach to matching the league-leading rushing production that the…