Who will replace Tyree Gillespie at Mizzou?
Gillespie didn’t get the credit he deserved as a deep safety for Mizzou. Now that he’s gone, who will come in to replace him?
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Two star recruits aren’t expected to come in and contribute right away. And they almost never start by their second year on campus. Both happened for Tyree Gillespie in his time at Missouri.
The former 2-star safety out of Ocala, Florida contributed right away on special teams and took over as the Tigers’ starting free safety midway through his second year on campus. His 2019 season was impressive, but his best work came early in his first game of 2020, against Alabama.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it’s spring ball time!
With spring practice officially kicking off, it’s time to take a look at which players are back, which players are gone and which players the Tigers have added since the end of the 2020 season.
We kicked things off with the
Safety Reset:
Returning Player Analysis:
It’s been a minute since the Tigers went into a season without Joshuah Bledsoe or Tyree Gillespie as the expected starters on the back end of the defense. This team is going to miss those two. Bledsoe really put it all together as a deep safety the last couple seasons. Bledsoe was a jack of all trades who could line up at linebacker, deep safety or in the slot and could perform well no matter what was asked of him.