Weekend Recruiting Recap
Missouri hosted 13 official visitors this weekend. We recap everything that happened on the first major visit weekend for the 2017 class.
COMMITTED OFFICIAL VISITORS
Five prospects came to Mizzou as Tiger commitments. Roderick Ford, Larry Borom, Pompey Coleman, Jafar Armstrong and Logan Christopherson had all made their decisions long ago. We will catch up with all five this week, but all have told us they plan no more official visits. Armstrong and Coleman were active on Twitter all weekend pushing the 2017 class. Not much concern that any of these players will go elsewhere come National Signing Day.
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VISITORS WHO COMMITTED
Brandon is a 6-foot-3, 315-pound defensive tackle from ASA College in Brooklyn, NY. He was his conference's defensive player of the year and adds instant depth at a position the Tigers desperately need it. Brandon plans to sign with Missouri in mid-December and report to campus for the spring semester. He will have three years to play two for the Tigers.
READ MORE: Tigers add immediate help at DT | Visit Reaction: Rashad Brandon
Anderson is a defensive end, originally from Alabama, who currently plays at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. He picked up a Missouri offer on Sunday morning and committed just minutes later. He says his strength is rushing the passer and he gives Missouri more options as it looks to replace Charles Harris and continue the success of the program at defensive end.
READ MORE: Nathaniel Anderson commits | Visit Reaction: Nate Anderson
UNCOMMITTED OFFICIAL VISITORS
Rountree is listed as a linebacker, but is being recruited by Missouri to play running back. He spoke highly of his trip to Columbia after returning to North Carolina on Sunday night. He is scheduled to have an in-home visit with Cornell Ford tonight. Rountree is definitely one we have on commitment watch.
READ MORE: Quick Reaction on Rountree's trip | Visit Reaction: Larry Rountree
Perry is a speedster who is being recruited by the Tigers to play running back. He picked up a Missouri offer last week and quickly scheduled a visit. He also has an offer from Washington State. Perry gave the visit high marks, but remains uncommitted at this point in time.
READ MORE: CALEB PERRY QUICK REACTION
Ulmer was an Iowa State when he scheduled the trip to Missouri last week. He decommitted from the Cyclones last Wednesday before making his way to Columbia. He is also set to visit Minnesota at some point before National Signing Day. We have been unable to catch up with Ulmer since his visit.
Miller is the third running back prospect who was on campus this weekend. He picked up an offer during the visit, his 10th overall. He is currently an Oregon State commitment. He has already taken an official visit to Corvallis. He has three remaining, but it is unknown how many--if any--he will take. We have not spoken with Miller since he returned to Florida.
Graves, a four-star defensive end from Park Hill in Kansas City, was expected to visit this weekend according to multiple sources. It has not been confirmed that he made the trip. We were told he would not be in town until Saturday due to a basketball game. Graves is pretty much silent on recruiting and qualification is certainly a question mark. If he does not qualify, Graves could be a sign and place. Missouri has long been thought to be in his top three schools, but Graves has done almost no interviews throughout the process.
Holmes was originally a 2016 prospect, but had work to finish up at Hutchinson CC this semester. Like Graves, at this point, it has not been confirmed that he made the trip, but he was expected to. Holmes is attempting to finish up work at Hutch in December to enroll in school somewhere in January. The SEC rules for junior college prospects are more strict than many leagues, so it is somewhat of a question mark whether Mizzou could take him, even if some other schools could.