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Missouri football’s blistering recruiting run continues with 4-star O-Lineman Lamont Rogers

Three days, three four-star pledges.

Missouri football’s hot streak on the recruiting trail continued into Saturday, as the Tigers landed a verbal commitment from four-star offensive tackle Lamont Rogers ahead of some sturdy competition. Rogers announced his decision during a live stream on his Instagram account.

Rogers, a 6-foot-6, 311-pound lineman in the Class of 2025, made his choice between six teams, with Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida State and SMU in the mix.

He chose Mizzou, and that marks the third straight day that Missouri has landed a four-star commitment.

On Thursday, four-star wide receiver Jayvan Boggs committed to MU over his home-state UCF after the two battled with Georgia and USC throughout his recruitment. The next day, IMG Academy product and top-100 prospect Donovan Olugbode made it two blue chip wide receivers in two days as he also pledged to Eli Drinkwitz’s team over Oregon, Washington, USC and Florida.

Now, Rogers is on board, and that’s a third major win in as many days.

The offensive tackle out of Mesquite, Texas, ranks as the No. 55 overall prospect in the nation and as the No. 7 overall player at his position, per the recruiting service 247Sports’ composite rankings.

For those counting, that means Missouri has now lured three of the top-100 prospects in the nation in the Class of 2025.

Here’s what the OT brings to Mizzou next season, and how the Tigers’ recruiting class, which stands at 15 players, now shapes up around the SEC and the country.

How will Lamont Rogers fit in at Missouri football in 2025 season and beyond?

Three players along the Missouri football offensive line will run out of eligibility at the end of the season: presumed starting left tackle and SMU transfer Marcus Bryant; starting guard Cam’Ron Johnson; and backup center Drake Heismeyer.

Three more players are done after the 2025 season ends: Starting right tackle Armand Membou; starting center Connor Tollison; and backup guard Mitchell Walters.

That means there will be a spot to fill at tackle during Rogers’ freshman year and after his rookie campaign is done.

Oklahoma transfer Cayden Green will be a candidate to fill a spot at guard next year, potentially opening up another guard spot. Kansas City native Logan Reichert appears to be close to earning a starting spot at guard, which could happen in 2025.

However it shakes out — and Mizzou has not been averse to mixing it up with position flexibility — there will be roles up for grabs in the near future. The Tigers can return 12 scholarship offensive lineman next season.

The O-Line evidently has been a point of emphasis during this cycle. Missouri landed the top overall prospect in its own state, offensive tackle Jack Lange, at the position. It went to Fort Worth, Texas, for a pledge from three-star lineman Henry Fenuku. On Sunday, the Tigers will learn the decision of three-star Coffeyville, Kansas, target Keiton Jones.

Rogers has ready-made size for a Power-conference offensive lineman. The Tigers haven’t been shy about starting true freshmen in the past, too, as Tollison and Membou both played in their first year on campus.

Nov 24, 2023; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz celebrates after a defensive touchdown in the third quarter against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Missouri won 48-14. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 24, 2023; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz celebrates after a defensive touchdown in the third quarter against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Missouri won 48-14. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports

Where does Mizzou football’s Class of 2025 now rank?

Three straight days with four-star commitment will do wonders for your national recruiting ranking.

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 held the No. 17 team ranking in the nation, per 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 those same rankings.

Before Boggs and Olugbode announced they plan to play in Columbia, the Tigers ranked No. 34 in the country and No. 12 in the expanded SEC on 247Sports’ team rankings, meaning MU has had a near 20-spot leap on the national scale in the space of three days.

Drinkwitz has had unparalleled success on the recruiting trail for a Missouri coach. The rankings tell one story, and the teams the Tigers are going toe-to-toe with tell another. In the past three days, the likes of Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and USC have had to watch Mizzou take their target — in some cases from their own state.

The Tigers’ top-ranked recruiting class was in 2022, when Luther Burden III headlined the No. 15 class in the nation. That record could be in peril.

That’s because Missouri doesn’t appear to be done for the week.

Four-star safety Charles Bass, an East St. Louis senior, will announce his college decision Monday, with Mizzou, Arkansas, Illinois and Kansas State in the running. The Tigers are looking to earn commitments from offensive linemen on back-to-back days, as Jones will choose between Missouri, K-State and Arkansas on Sunday.

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This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: How a commit from top-100 prospect Lamont Rogers helps Missouri football