How Mizzou, Arkansas starters ranked as recruits
Missouri will close out its 2025 regular-season Saturday on the road against Arkansas.
In their second consecutive road game, the Tigers will have Beau Pribula starting at quarterback again. For the Razorbacks, they could roll with redshirt freshman KJ Jackson, who took over for Taylen Green in response to an injury Saturday.
“We got to play it out in practice and make sure everybody is in good shape,” coach Bobby Petrino said Tuesday. “We probably won’t even announce it. We’ll just work it and see who’s ready to go.”
Here’s how the projected Missouri and Arkansas starters ranked as high school and junior college recruits:
Quarterback
| Beau Pribula (MIZ) | 3-star (87 rating) | 2022 |
| Taylen Green (ARK) | 4-star (91) | 2021 |
Running backs
| Ahmad Hardy (MIZ) | Unrated | 2024 |
| Jamal Roberts (MIZ) | 3-star (87) | 2023 |
| Mike Washington (ARK) | 2-star (5.2) by Rivals | 2021 |
Hardy ranked 16th overall nationally as a Louisiana-Monroe transfer.
Wide receivers
| Kevin Coleman Jr. (MIZ) | 4-star (92) | 2022 (224th in On300) |
| Josh Manning (MIZ) | 4-star (93) | 2023 (193rd) |
| Donovan Olugbode (MIZ) | 3-star (89) | 2025 |
| O’Mega Blake (ARK) | 3-star (5.6) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Raylen Sharpe (ARK) | 3-star (5.5) by Rivals | 2020 |
| CJ Brown (ARK) | 3-star (88) | 2024 |
Coleman, who transferred twice before landing at Missouri ahead of the 2025 season, ranked as the 31st transfer nationally this past winter.
Tight ends
| Jordon Harris (MIZ) | 3-star (89) | 2023 |
| Brett Norfleet (MIZ) | 4-star (92) | 2023 (207th) |
| Rohan Jones (ARK) | Unrated | 2022 |
| Jaden Platt (ARK) | 4-star (90) | 2023 |
Offensive linemen:
| Cayden Green (MIZ) | 4-star (90) | 2023 |
| Dominick Giudice (MIZ) | 2-star (5.4) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Connor Tollison (MIZ) | 4-star (90) | 2021 (188th) |
| Curtis Peagler (MIZ) | 3-star (85) | 2022 |
| Keagen Trost (MIZ) | Unrated | 2019 |
| Corey Robinson II (ARK) | 3-star (5.5) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Fernando Carmona (ARK) | 2-star (5.3) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Caden Kitler (ARK) | 3-star (85) | 2022 |
| Kobe Branham (ARK) | 3-star (85) | 2024 |
| E’Marion Harris (ARK) | 3-star (88) | 2022 |
After departing Oklahoma in 2023, Green signed with Missouri as the 27th-ranked transfer. Giudice (Michigan) and Trost (Wake Forest) both joined the Tigers this past offseason as three-stars. On3 rated Trost the 292nd-best transfer.
Defensive linemen:
| Zion Young (MIZ) | 4-star (91) | 2022 (285th) |
| Marquis Gracial (MIZ) | 4-star (93) | 2022 (178th) |
| Sterling Webb (MIZ) | 2-star (5.4) by Rivals | 2022 |
| Chris McClellan (MIZ) | 4-star (93) | 2022 (174th) |
| Damon Wilson II (MIZ) | 5-star (98) | 2023 (22nd) |
| Quincy Rhodes Jr. (ARK) | 3-star (89) | 2023 |
| Cam Ball (ARK) | 3-star (5.7) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Ian Geffrard (ARK) | 3-star (85) | 2023 |
| Justus Boone (ARK) | 4-star (94) | 2021 (136th) |
| Phillip Lee (ARK) | 3-star (5.5) by Rivals | 2021 |
Wilson made a splash by committing to Missouri over Ohio State this past winter. Young, who chose Michigan State over Missouri out of high school, joined the team ahead of 2024 as a three-star transfer. Webb and McClellan also joined the Tigers two seasons ago as a three-star transfers from New Mexico State and Florida, respectively.
Linebackers:
| Triston Newson (MIZ) | 3-star (88) | 2022 (JC 40th) |
| Josiah Trotter (MIZ) | 3-star (87) | 2023 |
| Stephen Dix Jr. (ARK) | 4-star (5.8) by Rivals | 2020 (161st) |
| Xavian Sorey Jr. (ARK) | 4-star (93) | 2021 (148th) |
The son of four-time Pro Bowler Jeremiah Trotter, Josiah parlayed a strong second year at West Virginia into being the No. 44 overall transfer recruit after the 2024 season.
Defensive backs:
| Daylan Carnell (MIZ) | 4-star (5.8) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Jalen Catalon (MIZ) | 4-star (5.8) by Rivals | 2019 (243rd) |
| Marvin Burks Jr. (MIZ) | 4-star (90) | 2023 |
| Drey Norwood (MIZ) | 3-star (5.6) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Toriano Pride Jr. (MIZ) | 4-star (97) | 2022 (42nd) |
| Stephen Hall (MIZ) | 3-star (84) | 2023 (JC 174th) |
| Jordan Young (ARK) | 4-star (5.8) by Rivals | 2021 (179th) |
| Miguel Mitchell (ARK) | 3-star (88) | 2022 |
| Larry Worth III (ARK) | Unrated | 2022 |
| Julian Neal (ARK) | 2-star (5.4) by Rivals | 2021 |
| Kani Walker (ARK) | 3-star (5.6) by Rivals | 2021 |
A three-time transfer, Catalon joined Missouri from UNLV as the 108th-ranked player in the portal. After one season with Texas A&M, Norwood transferred to Missouri ahead of the 2022 campaign, but he’s not listed with any transfer portal information in the On3 | Rivals database.
Pride, another St. Louis-area product to return home, ranked a four-star and 57th nationally out of the portal from Clemson. A fellow junior-college product like Newson, Hall came from Washington State as a three-star.