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Antar Thompson Just What Mizzou Needs for D-Line, Columbia Tribune Writer Says
Dave Matter calls Thompson a "ready-made" defensive tackle. Photos of Thompson in action.
junior lineman, Antar Thompson, created quite a buzz on Saturday when he verbally .
Columbia Daily Tribune sports writer Dave Matter says Thompson could be what the Tigers need in the front four.
In the article, MRH coach Brandon Gregory said he recently found out that Missouri had always been Thompson's dream school.
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“A lot of schools come in here and want to talk to him, but when I introduced him to Coach Ford, he automatically started smiling. I told Coach Ford, ‘I don’t know what you just said to him but he don’t usually smile like that. He’s usually laid back and quiet.’ Come to find out, Mizzou has been his dream school and he’s always wanted to go there. But he’s so quiet and laid back we didn’t know that.”
Read more of what Matters found out about Thompson in the May 7 Tribune article.
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