Three days, three four-star promises.
Missouri football’s hot streak on the recruiting trail continued Saturday when the Tigers landed a verbal commitment from four-star offensive tackle Lamont Rogers ahead of a fierce competition. Rogers announced his decision during a live stream on his Instagram account.
Rogers, a 6-foot-3, 311-pound offensive lineman in the Class of 2025, made his choice among six teams, with Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida State and SMU in the mix.
He chose Mizzou, and this marks the third day in a row that Missouri has landed a four-star commitment.
On Thursday, four-star wide receiver Jayvan Boggs committed to MU over his home state’s UCF after the two struggled with Georgia and USC during his recruitment. The next day, IMG Academy product and top 100 prospect Donovan Olugbode became two blue chip wide receivers in two days, while also committing to Eli Drinkwitz’s Oregon, Washington, USC and Florida staff.
Now, Rogers is on board, and this is the third big win in as many days.
The offensive tackle from Mesquite, Texas, is ranked as the No. 55 overall prospect in the country and the No. 7 overall player at his position, according to the composite rankings from recruiting service 247Sports.
For those counting, that means Missouri has already attracted three of the nation’s top 100 prospects for the 2025 class.
Here’s what OT brings to Mizzou next season and how the Tigers’ 15-player recruiting class now shapes up around the SEC and the country.
How will Lamont Rogers fit into Missouri football for the 2025 season and beyond?
Three players along Missouri football’s offensive line will be without eligibility at the end of the season: presumptive starting left tackle and SMU transfer Marcus Bryant; starting guard Cam’Ron Johnson; and backup center Drake Heismeyer.
Three more players will be eliminated after the end of the 2025 season: right tackle Armand Membou; starting center Connor Tollison; and reserve guard Mitchell Walters.
That means there will be a spot to fill during Rogers’ freshman year and after his rookie campaign ends.
The Oklahoma transfer will be a candidate to fill a spot at guard next year, potentially opening up another spot at guard. Kansas City native Logan Reichert appears to be close to earning a starting spot, which could happen as early as 2025.
Whatever the situation — and Mizzou is not averse to mixing that with position flexibility — there will be roles up for grabs in the near future. The Tigers could return 12 scholarship offensive linemen next season.
The O-Line has evidently been a highlight during this cycle. Missouri landed the top overall prospect in its own state, offensive tackle Jack Lange, at the position. He went to Fort Worth, Texas, for a pledge from three-star forward Henry Fenuku. On Sunday, the Tigers will find out the Coffeyville, Kan., three-star’s decision against Keiton Jones.
Rogers has ready-made size for a Power-conference offensive lineman. The Tigers also haven’t been shy about signing true freshmen in the past, as Tollison and Membou played in their first year on campus.
How is Mizzou football’s Class of 2025 ranked?
Three consecutive days with a four-star commitment will do wonders for your national recruiting rankings.
So much so that it might be time to float the idea that this could be the best recruiting class in Mizzou history.
Before Rogers’ pledge, the Tigers were ranked 17th in the nation’s team rankings, according to On3’s composite rankings. That was ninth in the SEC. After Rogers committed, MU jumped to No. 15 in the country and No. 8 in the league in the same rankings.
Before Boggs and Olugbode announced they planned to play at Columbia, the Tigers were ranked No. 34 in the country and No. 12 in the expanded SEC in 247Sports’ team rankings, meaning MU had a nearly 20-spot jump on the national ladder in the space of three days.
Drinkwitz has had unparalleled success recruiting a Missouri coach. The rankings tell one story, and the teams the Tigers will face tell another. Over the past three days, cities like Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and USC have had to watch Mizzou reach its target — in some cases, from within their own state.
The Tigers’ highest-ranked recruiting class was in 2022, when Luther Burden III headlined the nation’s 15th-ranked class. This record may be in danger.
That’s because Missouri doesn’t appear to be done this week.
Four-star safety Charles Bass, a senior from East St. Louis, will announce his college decision on Monday, with Mizzou, Arkansas, Illinois and Kansas State in contention. The Tigers are trying to earn commitments from offensive linemen on consecutive days, as Jones will choose between Missouri, K-State and Arkansas on Sunday.
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This article originally appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune: How top-100 commit Lamont Rogers helps Missouri football
