Looking at Wednesday’s signees — including junior college and prep school athletes — here’s a snapshot of the talent produced by the state of Missouri in 2013 (as graded by Rivals.com):
5-stars = 0
4-stars = 3
3- stars = 19
Total 3+ stars = 22
Here’s where the state’s 10 highest-ranked players are headed:
Missouri = 5
Kansas = 1
Kansas State = 1
Nebraska = 1
Ohio State = 1
Arrested Prior To Signing Day = 1
Loyalty: There’s not much Mizzou can do about a local prospect getting nabbed by the law two days before signing day, but holding on to just five of the state’s best players simply won’t cut it. The Show-Me-State doesn’t crank out tons of talent, so what’s there needs to be kept at home. Consider it a new border war for the Tigers — close down the state’s borders.
Mizzou definitely needs to do a better job of keeping the top in-state prospects at home. I mean, while the state of MO isn't exactly a recruiting hotbed, MU is the only division 1 football program in the state. Just locking down the borders would be a step in the right direction as far as being reasonably competitive in the SEC goes.
Curious which one got arrested? Ramirez flipping to K-State was not good. Ezekiel putting on show at the last minute is just wrong-he had no intention of flipping. Wonder what the breakdown was over the last couple of years?
@XEN610 I may be dealing with just rumor and Innuendo here. But the story was that ramirez was going wherever Boyd was going. Mizzou (and other schools) backed off boyd after his FIRST arrest (drugs and tazed by police at school). K state was the only school willing to keep an offer with boyd, even when it was known he was probably going Juco. Added to that Ramirez has his own grade issues and a possibility that mizzou backed off him then....in the end KSU was the only school that could accept him acedemically (I think he tweeted out that he won't graduate this spring).
So, in the end it was KSU or nothing for these two. After the second Boyd arrest, it's only Ramirez IF he gets qualifying ACT scores (which isn't much of a hurdle to get into KSU)
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