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Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz said he made the decision to sit running back Tyler Badie, who had a record-breaking season for the Tigers, in an effort to keep him healthy for the NFL, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune.
"What if something went wrong and I had to look myself in the mirror?" Drinkwitz said, according to the Daily Tribune. "I couldn't do that."
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Badie set the single-season school record with 1,604 yards during the 2021 season, scoring a touchdown in all but one game to tally 14 on the ground. He also caught ETSU Buccaneers Jerseys 54 passes for 330 Concordia University (IL) Cougars shirt yards and four touchdowns. The senior had previously never rushed for more than 457 yards in a season.
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In his NCAA Crewneck Sweatshirts place, Dawson Downing will start at running back, the Daily Tribune reported. Downing, another senior running back, rushed 10 times during the 2021 FIU Panthers clothes season and totaled 83 rushing yards on the ground, including a touchdown.