Missouri football beats out UT, UNC for four-star offensive lineman in Class of 2026
Missouri football landed a commitment from four-star offensive lineman Brandon Anderson on Sunday evening, giving the Tigers a fourth commitment in the past week and their eighth member of their Class of 2026 overall.
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Anderson, a Kennesaw, Georgia, product, chose MU over Tennessee and North Carolina. He officially visited each school in the month of June, spending time in Columbia on the weekend of June 6 before taking trips to both Rocky Top and Chapel Hill.
He is the second offensive lineman committed to the Tigers' next recruiting class, following Detroit native Khalief Canty Jr., who committed to MU on Tuesday.
Anderson is listed by the recruiting service 247Sports at 6 foot 4, 320 pounds, which is sound size for an SEC lineman. He is rated as the No. 355-overall player in his class by 247Sports' composite rankings, where he also is ranked as the No. 29 interior offensive lineman and the No. 45 player out of Georgia in this cycle.
Seven of Mizzou's eight commitments in the 2026 class to date play on the offensive side of the ball: quarterback Gavin Sidwar; wide receivers Jabari Brady and Devyon Hill-Lomax; running back Maxwell Warner; tight end Isaac Jensen; and Anderson and Canty along the O-line.
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MU's lone defensive commitment so far is from four-star, St. Louis High University linebacker Keenan Harris.
Nov 16, 2024; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Missouri Tigers head coach Eliah Drinkwitz directs his team against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the first quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images
With Anderson on board, Mizzou now has the No. 76-ranked recruiting class in the country. That ranks above only Auburn in the SEC.
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This is expected to be a busy recruiting period for Mizzou. Multiple targets for Eli Drinkwitz and company will announce their college destination over the course of the next couple of weeks.
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri football lands 4-star offensive lineman in Class of 2026
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