Mizzou football gets four-star wide receiver’s commitment as signing day approaches
Missouri Tigers coach Eliah Drinkwitz started Friday asking fans on Twitter whether they liked “early Christmas presents” and used the hashtag #MerryFlipMas, foreshadowing a recruiting victory.
Mizzou got just that Friday as four-star East St. Louis wide receiver Dominic Lovett announced his pledge to the Tigers on Twitter. Lovett was originally headed to Arizona State but elected to stay near home instead.
Lovett is a four-star prospect and the 336th-ranked recruit in the country, according to 247Sports. The Tigers were in the running early for Lovett’s commitment, but he initially chose the Sun Devils.
But the Tigers didn’t give up and landed the coveted wide receiver just a few days before the early signing period. Pledges part of the 2021 recruiting class can start signing their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday.
Lovett will reunite with his high school quarterback at Mizzou, Tyler Macon, who’s been a vocal voice for the Tigers as a recruiter.
Here are the other 20 members of Missouri’s 2021 recruiting class:
This story was originally published December 11, 2020 at 10:58 AM with the headline "Mizzou football gets four-star wide receiver’s commitment as signing day approaches."