Portal announcements are rolling in ahead of the Jan. 2 opening date. Players who intend to declare early for the 2026 NFL Draft will likely do so when grades are issued sometime this week.

Rosters are being shaped, and needs for next season are becoming clearer.

But who would Missouri football benefit from returning most?

Over the upcoming days and weeks, Mizzou is going to learn exactly what it needs from the transfer portal. Eli Drinkwitz has already said he expects this to be the busiest portal window yet, with players potentially using it as leverage in the revenue-sharing and NIL era. We’ll see if that pans out, but it certainly shapes up to be a frenzied fortnight.

So far, four Mizzou players — two true freshman running backs , one redshirt freshman wide receiver and one seni

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