The Battle of the Best Five: Mizzou’s OL Still Holds Questions

Less than three weeks away from its first game of the season, Mizzou has many positions locked and loaded ahead of the 2025 season. Two things aren’t for certain: The starting QB spot and the offensive line. Sam Horn and Beau Pribula are in a battle of their own, but Missouri brought on four new

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I'm starting to get a little nervous about this OL. It had it's rough spots last year (particularly the left tackle), and shuffling options this late in the season doesn't give me much confidence. If the line isn't solid it pretty much ruins the rest of the offense regardless of how good/bad they are. My predictions for now are below, but I could see Jayvon Richardson getting the LT, and Green and Giudice getting the guard spots.

LT: Cayden Green
LG: Dominick Giudice
C: Connor Tollison
RG: Curtis Peagler
RT: Keagan Trost

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I think if Green starts at LT, that will certainly be the lineup to start Week 1. But I don’t know if Drinkwitz is willing to lose Green at LG with how consistent and good he is there. I’m also sure at some point it pops into Cayden Green’s head that he wants to get drafted after this season. Because of that, he might want to play where he will play the best.

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Have a column coming on this tomorrow. To betray it a bit: This is a real problem for Drinkwitz. The fact that he doesn't have it sorted already betrays the ceiling of this team more than a little bit.

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Drinkwitz spoke today on The Paul Finebaum Showand said, "I think we've solidified exactly what we're doing on the O-line."

If that was what he saw this week, the lineup will likely be:
Cayden Green at left tackle
Dominick Giudice at left guard
Connor Tollison at center
Curtis Peagler at right guard
Keagen Trost at right tackle

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