COLUMBIA, Mo. — While the most dominant part of Missouri’s offense through the first five games of the 2025 season has been its ground game, something positive is brewing in the Tigers’ receiving hierarchy.

Needing to retool with a new quarterback and a fairly different-looking receiving corps, Mizzou’s passing attack has leaned into efficiency and getting the ball to its best playmakers. The result: a distribution of targets that looks more similar to the program’s 2023 breakout season than last year’s relative letdown.

One of the key points of lamentation for observers of MU’s 2024 offense was the drop-off in involvement for star slot receiver Luther Burden III, who went untargeted and under-targeted more often than would’ve been ideal. With Kevin Coleman Jr. taking over that slot role

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